Yes, absolutely!! I know this for a fact. My Brother in law is one of them. He is a career diplomat, loves Powell, despises Bush. He has traveled all over the world since 1993 and has said how much the rest of the world hates the US. He says we should have signed Kyoto even if it was bad for the US and it based on bad science because it would have made the rest of the world "dislike us a little less". He also resents the fact that the Diplomatic corp has been edged out of the War on Terror and been supplanted by the Defence Dept. He has told me that the carreer diplomats are very frustrated as they are trying to negotiate treaties, grant visas and do other business oversees in an increasing hostile environment. I have asked him why he is blaming Bush for this? His answer was simple "Because he's stupid, the rest of the world can't be wrong." I remember he used to say the same about Warren Christopher and especially Madeline Albright. My feeling is that the carreer beaurocrats resent the elected ones because they don't see them as earning their position. I asked him why he continues to work for the goverment if he feels that way. "Simple, by law I have a job for life and a guaranteed pension!"