I worked 38 years, to the day, for the USG starting with 20 years military service, another 10 around USG/DOD agencies, finally joining the State Department’s Foreign Service. When I joined in 2006 it was already a liberal hell-hole, but with the Obama Administration and Clinton SecState, our Nation began making friends enemies and enemies friends. The sheer amount of corruption within the State Department itself was appauling. Add layers of Appointees who were enriching themselves thru illegal use of perks, false travel vouchers, etc., and you have the recipe for the elected leadership to do whatever in the hell they wanted because everyone was basically compromised ethically and morally.
The Democrats have owned diplomacy since FDR. You would have to give nearly everyone with 5 years of service (CIA and Foreign Service, not GS employees thought) retirement since they can drawn that retirement of 5 years or more when they reach 55, and clean out the den of thieves.
Our State Department grooms all young foreign service officers with a history of diplomacy that makes them the “rightful and actual Princes and Princesses of America” because American unlike Europe does not have royal families. If you look how our diplomacy is run today you will see self-identified so called elite class who belong to the State Department Foreign Service and the CIA.
The Department of State no longer did Republican President’s bidding even when I arrived — hence you will note folks like Ms Rice, Mr Powell, etc., become libtards after cashing in their appointee status in order to remain in the fold of diplomacy.
Should Trump be re-elected, I could serve as his IG to help management clean up Foggy Bottom.
Thank you for this inside story of our State Dept. and Diplomatic service. It makes sense! It’s why Rice at State did nothing to clean up the mess in the Mideast but in 4 years Trump ended a war, held the evil forces at bay and initiated the Abraham Accords. Which begs the question, what were all the others doing?