http://www.vtcommons.org/blog/2010/08/04/wondering-about-obamas-diplomats

WONDERING about Obama’s diplomats…
Submitted by jcbrook on Wed, 08/04/2010 – 10:39pm.

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http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/iraq/state-dept-planning-to-field-a-small-army-in-iraq-1.111839

State Dept. planning to field a small army in Iraq [EXCERPTS]

WASHINGTON — Can diplomats field their own army? The State Department is laying plans to do precisely that in Iraq, in an unprecedented experiment that U.S. officials and some nervous lawmakers say could be risky….

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I don’t think this is what Old George (Washington) meant by a “humble foreign” policy. Could be wrong about it, but aren’t ambassadors supposed to carry portfolios, not m16s?

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