My Heart Goes Out to These Guys...

You know, these foreign service guys are right. Who are we to make them serve in a foriegn country. I bet that it's not even in their job description. Besides, it would totally suck to go to Iraq right now. I bet a lot of them have stuff going on in their personal lives that they don't want to leave. What if one of their wives has a baby while they are gone?

I've been to the Green Zone a few times in my travels around here and let me tell you, amen on the death sentence comment. The current embassy there is classic B-team. The coffee shop inside is called the "Green Bean," not "Starbucks." Ghett-ohhhh. The indoor plumbing is so overrated too. The pressure leaves a little bit to be desired. For lunch, they have this little sandwich bar set up that actually is ok. The bars that you slide your tray on are bent slightly towards you though, so you have to hold your tray with your hips so it won't fall off while you are serving yourself. Our foreign service guys shouldn't have to put up with shit like that. The Fed-Ex place is second rate as well. They aren't open all the time and the guy there has this, like, foreign accent. Blech. Yeah, shut that place down.

The foreign service guys should stay home and leave the sentences of death, worrying about who will take care of their children, and the actual work of putting a country back together to the Army (even though they are mostly trained for stuff like fighting and not for stuff like contracting, which they do anyway). At least when they come home they appreciate what they have. Don't worry diplomats, we'll just chill out over here while you make up your minds on what kinds of people you are.

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