and fire every person at State who would not serve in Iraq! Then fire every person at CIA who were hired during the Clinton years.Not another dime in pay increases. Sorry dudes, gals. Maybe you should seek employment in the private sector?
Awwwwwww
The plan all along was to assign FSO’s there if not enough volunteered. The plan was never to force diplomats to serve there, absent enough volunteers.
Still, they should fire those who publicly said they would NOT serve. Let them lose their pensions. They do not deserve to work for Uncle Sam, they certainly aren’t serving him.
Wussy whiners win again...
Plenty of plum assignments available in Nigeria, the Stans and Slaviks.
Let Donald Trump handle the non-volunteers:
YOU’RE FIRED!
I still hope that the diplomat who stood up and made it clear he was afraid to take the assignment because it was "dangerous," got assigned to a really terrible place, for a long time.
Congressman Billybob
Diplomat corps maybe, but diplomats are rare. Couriers, receptionists, clerks.
And then the State Department spokesman had the nerve to state that FSO’s are braver than soldiers in danger areas since the former are unarmed. Geez....
Full disclosure: Years ago I took and passed the Foreign Service written exam five out of six times, which is passed by only ten percent. But at the oral exam, they invariably decided that a straight pro-American conservative Vietnam vet wasn’t their cup of tea.
Later, I got back into the Army where I continue to serve to this day, so becoming a `cookie-pusher’ is no longer a priority.
Anyway, what a bunch of morons, protesting their possibly being posted to Iraq. What they’re really protesting is our success in Iraq, IMHO.
(I’m on the Iraq volunteer list.)
;^)
I want to see them all made to do 1 year on and 1 year off rotations in Iraq. I want to see them assigned no better living quarters and meals, showers, etc, than the average PFC there. Then we’ll see just how dedicated they are to glourious /sarcasm nation building. Actually I want to see the department shut down. We do not need a United States Department of State.
and fire every person at State who would not serve in Iraq! Then fire every person at CIA who were hired during the Clinton years.line up the folks begging out & fire their sorry asses.
Condi proves yet once again why her reputation of being tough is false.
Anyone who turns down an assignment because it is dangerous should immediately be posted to an alternate location that is safe like Siberia or Burundi or Guiana.
Typical 
misleading headline. The plan wasn't dropped, it just became un-necessary to implement it.
The State department should be purged. The same nonsense back in the 60’s is still going on, and will until these elitists get axed.
Those who stated they would refuse posting to their assignment in Iraq - should be fired IMMEDIATELY..
Those Foggy Bottom “elitists” need to be introduced to the REAL WORLD...
Too many “Civil Servants” believe they are too “precious” to be exposed to the risks and hardships of we “little people”.
F’em, They aren’t.