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Absolutely. I know some heros, but overall the policy seems to prohibit even the willing from doing their jobs in theater until it is "secure". 'Scuse me?! What they are supposed to be doing over there is an integral part of making it secure!
I invite Mr. Croddy to bunk with me next time I go to one of the sandboxes. I'll keep him safe, although he might not enjoy the company if he whines like he has been.
As I mentioned in my post, though, I think everyone forgets the State Department used to be more of an Indiana Jones institution and were certainly exposed to risk.
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Cowards. Embarassed the country, they did.
Not surprised in the least that Brother Franklin posted this. I've already written my congressman over the issue, and if anybody remembers my distrust of the politicians, you'll notice what a momentous thing I think this is. A brief exerpt from my email to my Representative
Thus, it turns my stomach to see another department in the US Government and particularly some of its senior officers displaying cowardice and embarrassing our country and government.
NY Times article
While I fully understand that diplomats are not Soldiers, I think people like Jack Croddy, a senior foreign service officer, are nothing short of an embarrassment to this country and should be released from its service immediately. Additionally, some of the comments made by this individual are insulting to our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines that have served dutifully and faithfully in Iraq for years now, fully accepting the risk that someone else could be taking care of their families in the event of their death.
What really sets me off about the whole thing is how this bureaucrat doesn't even consider the fact that some self-sacrifice on their part might be the right thing to do. "Ask not what your country can do for you..." anyone? 18 year old Privates in the Army step off the plane on a regular basis, fully willing to sacrifice their youth, their future, their health because thats what the country demands of them. Jack Croddy, who has clearly been with State for some time, doesn't understand that his country needs him to serve not for his own good, but for the good of the many. And the fact that he thinks what he "believes in" makes the slightest difference is another travesty. At what point did government jobs become voluntary? Everyone remembers the coward that "didn't believe in" going to Iraq because he said it was an illegal war - he's being Court Martialed. If someone in the FBI said "Oh, I'm sorry, I don't believe in arresting that guy because he didn't steal all that much," the Agent would probably go to jail. But the State Department? Oh, they can't be forced on assignment.
The State Department should be embarassed. This guy should be cleaning out his desk right now.
(The State Department should be embarassed anyway for the utter failure concerning their parts in the Iraq campaign, but that's an entirely different discussion.)
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