Bush’s Note to Congress: ‘We’re at War’Does Bush believe fighting terrorism is the same as a conventional war?
There are
170,000 U.S. troops occupying Iraq and fighting an insurgency. Is that what Bush means when he says, "We’re at war"?
Is the U.S. at war with Iraq?
Note to Bush:
The Iraq insurgency for beginnersWhile Bush is whining and trying to distract from his failed policies and illegal occupation, diplomats rebel:
Thu Nov 1, 8:53 AM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US State Department diplomats have criticized new rules that will force some to work in Iraq against their will or risk dismissal, the Washington Post reported Thursday.
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Diplomats questioned the size of the embassy in Baghdad, the biggest US mission in the world, and wondered how they could do their jobs properly when they were located deep inside the fortified Green Zone and could travel outside only under heavy guard.
Others criticized what they said was a lack of training before traveling to a war zone, the Post said.
Only 12 percent of officers believe that Rice "is fighting for them," said John Naland, who heads the American Foreign Service Association, the union representing the diplomats, according to the Post.
Diplomats have not been forced to serve abroad against their will since the Vietnam war era.
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