The US has built the biggest embassy in the world in Baghdad. Problem is, no one wants to serve in it. The State Department, under Condi Rice, is considering forcing diplomats to move to Iraq. In a town hall meeting, one diplomat criticized the policy calling it a "death sentence." They were told that their names wouldn't be placed on a list if they were critical of the policy. And if you believe that I have some Iraqi WMDs I want to show you.
Juan Cole says the embassy should be closed.
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Can't they privatize the Diplomatic Corps?
Imagine Mercenary Diplomats. If a garden variety, gun toting Blackwater mercenary gets 2 grand per day, how much should a college educated mercenary diplomat be paid? 5 grand? Isn't that how the free market democracy works under Bush?
Greendem said "Let Starbucks do it"
They always seem diplomatic when I call a Vente a "small house coffee."
Posted by: kayakbiker | October 31, 2007 at 11:34 PM
I was surprised to hear on NPR that Guantanamo is bigger than Manhattan!
Alot of the detainees there did nothing but were rounded up via the US offering $5000 bounties in Afghanistan and Pakistan. If you didn't like someone and wanted money, you could just say "I think he was lurking around Tora Bora."
Posted by: slugbug | November 02, 2007 at 08:20 AM
Guantanamo is bigger than Manhattan! Wow, we learn something new everyday, don't we
Excellent post nmp
Posted by: Kangaroo | November 03, 2007 at 02:43 PM