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p> WUSSES FROM STATE br> Re: George H. Wittman's A Revolting Development : /p>

So, 50 slots currently filled by State Dept. career professionals need rotational filling. But the dedicated pros nesting in Washington do not wish to take the places of their veteran colleagues, citing "dangerousness." Well....OK.

In 1990 I knew a Circuit Court judge who was presiding over a session of felony court when he received word that he was involuntarily activated, assigned to a unit that needed legal help and two days later reported for duty in southwest Asia. He left a wife and three young kids. His thinking was: if I don't go, and the person who goes in my stead is killed, how do I look myself in the mirror?. He went....won a Bronze Star for his efforts.

p>So I say to these wusses from State: "You take the king's shilling, you go where the king sends you." Go....or get out. End of story. br> -- J.C. Eaton br> Wisconsin /p>

No long drawn out examination of the reasons for State Department personnel not wishing to serve in Iraq is needed. Everyone knows what their reasons are. The fact is that they knew what the rules were when they signed up and if they don't like it, they are free to resign.

The answer, to this problem, is simple. Assign 50 State Department employees to the embassy slots in Iraq. Those that refuse to go, or who fail to perform once there, should be fired for cause. Then pick another group to fill the vacant slots. Follow the same course with them. Eventually, you will fill all the slots and clear out employees who are actively working against the Government of the United States of America in direct violation of their oath of office.

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