Thanks for posting. Just a sad, shitty thing all the way around. So fucking sick of religious violence.
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > 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:354707 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
