tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897233608659313746.post890422175828588812..comments2023-10-10T11:23:10.438-04:00Comments on Diplopundit: US Embassy Barbados: Paradise InspectedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897233608659313746.post-24227844300783939072009-10-20T14:37:45.790-04:002009-10-20T14:37:45.790-04:00So glad you picked this up and wrote about it.
So...So glad you picked this up and wrote about it.<br /><br />Some of us were around when the USSR broke up and the Department decided to open about a thousand new embassies in all the 'Stans - without asking for any money to do so. And even acted proud to be doing it that way. What nonsense. Even those of us who could only count on our fingers and toes felt a distinct chill; where would the money come from? It came, of course, from starving the missions that already existed.<br /><br />Now, all these years later, the Department can't get itself together enough to assure that it gets the funds it needs to keep itself properly in business. This is shameful, and doubly so when an ambassador has to use her personal funds to finance her country's diplomacy.<br /><br />The lady deserves thanks, and much more. She paid for what she knew was needed, which is a lot more than the USG seems willing to do.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440184709597303446noreply@blogger.com