[Nick Danger]

Gotta love the Washington Post. Here's a State Department type getting the heave-ho as part of "the troubled Pentagon operation to rebuild the country."

[okie01]

"Barbara K. Bodine, a former ambassador to Yemen...As Baghdad's effective postwar mayor, she had been in charge of restoring vital public services "

I simply cannot imagine a career diplomat serving successfully in an executive post. Especially when there is no existing structure and all planning and actions has to be started from scratch.

State Department people are talkers, not doers -- and their first reaction to difficulty would be to appoint a committee. Clearly, this was a "hands on" job for which Ms. Bodine was congenitally unsuited.

[gcruse]

LOL Thanks for the breeze. It lifted the curtain back just enough to see the workings.