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American diplomats shun "hardship posts" in third world countries

5 March 2010, 20:00, by Former FSO

I might also note that more US Ambassadors have died overseas while serving their country than Generals. And there are more musicians in the Army’s band than Foreign Service Officers. Do the numbers. Foreign Service Officers have routinely put their lives on the lines - unarmed, I might add - so don’t belittle what they do. Of course they are not military and are not subject to battle, but do not think they and their families don’t suffer hardships. My father was in the military and never saw battle once in nearly 30 years (I guess he was lucky!) I was in the Foreign Service and lived a year in a war zone (Baghdad), where I attended memorial services for civilian US citizens, saw one of my American employees bleeding from being hit by an IED, was almost blown up by a car bomb in Colombia and yet I stayed until retirement. Gimme a break!

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