Comments on: State Department Blog Publishes Letter Calling Anti-Iraq War Diplomats ‘Wimps’ And ‘Weenies’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:57:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Chocolate Jesus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4149009 Chocolate Jesus Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:28:01 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4149009 hahah these idiots keep eating thier own.. love it! hahah these idiots keep eating thier own.. love it!

]]> By: foreyes http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148788 foreyes Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:18:33 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148788 The State Department’s blog post appears aimed at providing fodder for the right-wing blogosphere, which has been ripping the “diplowimps” who refuse to serve in Iraq. ----------------- I have an idea: Condi should set up her State Department office in the Green Zone in Baghdad. Her EXAMPLE would do wonders for the recruitment effort! The State Department’s blog post appears aimed at providing fodder for the right-wing blogosphere, which has been ripping the “diplowimps” who refuse to serve in Iraq.
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I have an idea: Condi should set up her State Department office in the Green Zone in Baghdad.

Her EXAMPLE would do wonders for the recruitment effort!

]]> By: questionauthority http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148513 questionauthority Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:29:35 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148513 Okay then; sign up Rep. Duncan Hunter, FSO John Matel, & Condi Rice to be first on the list to serve at posts in Iraq. If I'm not mistaken, Scooter Libby, Karl Rove, and Donald Rumsfeld are looking for work. Paul Wolfowitz is available too, I think! Heck, why doesn't the whole neocon crowd that got America into the worst foreign policy debacle in US history just just shut up and sign up? While they're at it, how about Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, O'Reilly, Morgan, Malkin, Beck and the all the rest just lead the way with a media PR blitz to sign up all the war for profit supporters, and then join them in the green zone. They can then be in charge of all Iraqi media and convince the 4+million displaced Iraqis, along with the additional 5000 displaced monthly, to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain and just click their heals. Problem solved! Okay then; sign up Rep. Duncan Hunter, FSO John Matel, & Condi Rice to be first on the list to serve at posts in Iraq.
If I’m not mistaken, Scooter Libby, Karl Rove, and Donald Rumsfeld are looking for work. Paul Wolfowitz is available too, I think!

Heck, why doesn’t the whole neocon crowd that got America into the worst foreign policy debacle in US history just just shut up and sign up?

While they’re at it, how about Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, O’Reilly, Morgan, Malkin, Beck and the all the rest just lead the way with a media PR blitz to sign up all the war for profit supporters, and then join them in the green zone. They can then be in charge of all Iraqi media and convince the 4+million displaced Iraqis, along with the additional 5000 displaced monthly, to pay no attention to the man behind the curtain and just click their heals.

Problem solved!

]]> By: celtic cynic http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148482 celtic cynic Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:59:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148482 love that photo "Did you cut that fart or did moi?" love that photo

“Did you cut that fart or did moi?”

]]> By: I. B. Leary http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148448 I. B. Leary Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:39:34 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148448 Hmmm? they created 350 new positions. Filled all but 50 and have to force people to take the last 50. I bet they do a heck of a job. : ) Hmmm? they created 350 new positions. Filled all but 50 and have to force people to take the last 50. I bet they do a heck of a job. : )

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148279 Doc Rock Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:22:28 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148279 Leadership! Condi becomes Head of Mission and the Dips will flock to her banner in the Emerald Zone! Leadership! Condi becomes Head of Mission and the Dips will flock to her banner in the Emerald Zone!

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148209 RUCerious Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:42:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148209 They do need to fill positions like 'missionary', 'doggie style', etc... They do need to fill positions like ‘missionary’, ‘doggie style’, etc…

]]> By: impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148186 impeachcheneythenbush Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:36:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148186 #23 - Chris L. Here's one link (from Feb, 2007): "In Senate testimony yesterday, it was revealed that while the State Department is creating 350 new positions to support the Iraqi government during the surge, it has a manpower shortfall so severe that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is requesting the U.S. military -- already overburdened -- to fill up to a third of the civilian jobs. Defense Secretary Gates told Senators pronounced himself disappointed by Rice's request; be sure that Rice will have to answer for it in testimony tomorrow before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee." http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002496.php #23 – Chris L. Here’s one link (from Feb, 2007):

“In Senate testimony yesterday, it was revealed that while the State Department is creating 350 new positions to support the Iraqi government during the surge, it has a manpower shortfall so severe that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is requesting the U.S. military — already overburdened — to fill up to a third of the civilian jobs. Defense Secretary Gates told Senators pronounced himself disappointed by Rice’s request; be sure that Rice will have to answer for it in testimony tomorrow before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.”

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002496.php

]]> By: Winski http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148123 Winski Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:08:09 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148123 Force the fools at the Weekly Standard go in their place and see if the story changes...This is stupidity. Force the fools at the Weekly Standard go in their place and see if the story changes…This is stupidity.

]]> By: Zimzone http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148091 Zimzone Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:44:00 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148091 Caption: 'Hmmm, which little lie did I tell them back then?' Caption:
‘Hmmm, which little lie did I tell them back then?’

]]> By: Zimzone http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148085 Zimzone Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:42:21 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148085 Unsaid in the post, but Condi had asked the Marines to fill these spots, initially. She knew that many of these ‘career diplomats’ would not be open to actually putting body where mouth is. The Marines said no. Every congress critter that voted for the war should, by default, have to serve a minimum of 6 months in Iraq. Everyone of them. This would be a quicker solution than a draft and allow our elected officials a first hand look at the mess’Opotomia quagmire. Comment by Zimzone — November 7, 2007 @ 2:02 pm Wow. Do you have a link to this? -Comment by Chris L No, Chris, I don't. I believe it was in the first quarter of this year, and I read it here on TP. It struck me as unbelievable that a Sec/State would ask the military to subsidize diplomatic efforts, but the 'MSM', as usual, didn't see it as news. Unsaid in the post, but Condi had asked the Marines to fill these spots, initially. She knew that many of these ‘career diplomats’ would not be open to actually putting body where mouth is.
The Marines said no.
Every congress critter that voted for the war should, by default, have to serve a minimum of 6 months in Iraq. Everyone of them.
This would be a quicker solution than a draft and allow our elected officials a first hand look at the mess’Opotomia quagmire.
Comment by Zimzone — November 7, 2007 @ 2:02 pm
Wow. Do you have a link to this? -Comment by Chris L

No, Chris, I don’t. I believe it was in the first quarter of this year, and I read it here on TP. It struck me as unbelievable that a Sec/State would ask the military to subsidize diplomatic efforts, but the ‘MSM’, as usual, didn’t see it as news.

]]> By: ThinkBetter http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148075 ThinkBetter Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:38:29 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148075 Note that 'Dipnotes' comments have to be approved by moderator - I wonder how many non-right wing messages will they publish? Note that ‘Dipnotes’ comments have to be approved by moderator – I wonder how many non-right wing messages will they publish?

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148069 toasterhead Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:35:42 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148069 <i>Guests means prostitutes, right? Comment by Juan C. — November 7, 2007 @ 2:30 pm</i> We like to call them "subcontractors" now. Guests means prostitutes, right?

Comment by Juan C. — November 7, 2007 @ 2:30 pm

We like to call them “subcontractors” now.

]]> By: Juan C. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148059 Juan C. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:30:56 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148059 <em>I thought they all were “guests” in Jordan and Syria by now. Comment by toasterhead</em> Guests means prostitutes, right? I thought they all were “guests” in Jordan and Syria by now.
Comment by toasterhead

Guests means prostitutes, right?

]]> By: PatrioticLiberalChristian http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148053 PatrioticLiberalChristian Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:29:22 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148053 Was Mr. Matel in Iraq when he said this or was he just toying with us? Was Mr. Matel in Iraq when he said this or was he just toying with us?

]]> By: Chris L http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148052 Chris L Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:29:21 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148052 Unsaid in the post, but Condi had asked the Marines to fill these spots, initially. She knew that many of these ‘career diplomats’ would not be open to actually putting body where mouth is. <strong>The Marines said no.</strong> Every congress critter that voted for the war should, by default, have to serve a minimum of 6 months in Iraq. Everyone of them. This would be a quicker solution than a draft and allow our elected officials a first hand look at the mess’Opotomia quagmire. Comment by Zimzone — November 7, 2007 @ 2:02 pm # Wow. Do you have a link to this? Unsaid in the post, but Condi had asked the Marines to fill these spots, initially. She knew that many of these ‘career diplomats’ would not be open to actually putting body where mouth is.

The Marines said no.

Every congress critter that voted for the war should, by default, have to serve a minimum of 6 months in Iraq. Everyone of them.

This would be a quicker solution than a draft and allow our elected officials a first hand look at the mess’Opotomia quagmire.

Comment by Zimzone — November 7, 2007 @ 2:02 pm
#

Wow. Do you have a link to this?

]]> By: Guido OBGYN Lover http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148051 Guido OBGYN Lover Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:29:09 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148051 wow and they wonder why Bush is more hated than Nixon go figure wow and they wonder why Bush is more hated than Nixon go figure

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148047 toasterhead Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:28:00 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148047 <i>I bet those bloggers were typing from Iraq…and not in the Green Zone. Comment by Juan C. — November 7, 2007 @ 2:26 pm</i> Are there any Iraqi bloggers left? I thought they all were "guests" in Jordan and Syria by now. I bet those bloggers were typing from Iraq…and not in the Green Zone.

Comment by Juan C. — November 7, 2007 @ 2:26 pm

Are there any Iraqi bloggers left? I thought they all were “guests” in Jordan and Syria by now.

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148045 toasterhead Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:27:03 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148045 <i>I am assuming that our diplomats who DO serve in Iraq under the “death sentence” will receive the same advantages given our military there — combat training, body armor, armored equipment, guns and training in their use — plus hazardous duty and combat pay? Comment by missmolly — November 7, 2007 @ 1:58 pm</i> That's why they have Blackwater. Duh! Besides, it's not like the Diplo-Rambos who do go to Baghdad are going to be leaving the 104-acre compound all that often. They'll have more contact with Iraqis in Foggy Bottom than in Baghdad. I am assuming that our diplomats who DO serve in Iraq under the “death sentence” will receive the same advantages given our military there — combat training, body armor, armored equipment, guns and training in their use — plus hazardous duty and combat pay?

Comment by missmolly — November 7, 2007 @ 1:58 pm

That’s why they have Blackwater. Duh!

Besides, it’s not like the Diplo-Rambos who do go to Baghdad are going to be leaving the 104-acre compound all that often. They’ll have more contact with Iraqis in Foggy Bottom than in Baghdad.

]]> By: linda http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4148044 linda Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:26:37 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/diplomat-iraq/#comment-4148044 how diplomatic of matel to post that message denouncing his colleagues. how diplomatic of matel to post that message denouncing his colleagues.

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