Yeah, my State Dept peeps are really distraught. Not the first time our people have been killed, of course, but ugh.
A friend of mine reposted this from another friend in the State Department. I think it is very well put: "You should know...The Foreign Service is a mystery to most Americans. If you're reading this and not in the Foreign Service I may be your only link to America's diplomats. Today, two of our missions were attacked and it's likely one of my colleagues was killed. It's true that diplomats go to fancy receptions and meet interesting people, but it's also true that they go to the sorts of places the State Department tells you not to go; war zones with large military presences like Afghanistan and until last December Iraq. They also volunteer, however, to go to countries largely without the military, like Egypt and Libya, where today's attacks happened. And they don't just go. They raise the flag. Their sole job is to say, "I am an American and this is what we stand for.". It is a brave thing to do in places where anti-American sentiment is often palpable. It has a cost. As someone trained in the Marine Corps it makes sense that I would volunteer to go to these places. That's not particularly brave. Most of your fellow Americans in the Foreign Service who go to these places and risk their lives do so without the security of having been a Marine, but with faith in our country and the desire to do their part in projecting America's innate goodness to the world. We are, as a nation, blessed with troops who are more courageous and more just than any the world has seen. We are equally blessed with diplomats, like my colleague today, prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice in the name of America and its promise." That was yesterday, before we knew what went down in Libya. My friend also said that the President came by the State Department today express his condolences at the loss of their colleagues. One of those things that probably won't make it in the press but I'm really glad to hear that he took the time to do that. It meant a lot to those folks. Cheers, Judah On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "A Jewish idiot makes a film, a Christian idiot promotes it, Muslim > idiots kill over it, and Republican idiots condemn Obama." > @johnlundin > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:12 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/9537683/US-ambassador-to-Libya-killed-in-attack-on-Benghazi-consulate.html >> >> You guys following this shit? >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354706 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
