I don't waaannna, it'll be haaaard.
If you think diplomats will be in convoys or on patrol then the ignorant comparison with soldiers is worthy of discussion.
If your not paying attention violence is down in Baghdad by 70% and DROPPING. Iraq is growing more and more stable on a consistant, continuous, and gaining basis. Al Q is fracturing to the level of being public and their organization there is broken. The AlQ hangers on are being killed by American forces, Iraqi Security forces, and Iraqi civilians. Iraqi Security is independently securing more and more of provinces. The "quagmire" crowd today is as credible as General Abizaid was a year ago. Bush stands a very good chance of leaving office with his opponents having to admit he was RIGHT to not leave Iraq.
The diplomats just don't waaaana. They are feeling the protection of the recent stir about the fired Federal prosecutors. If the diplomats actually do their job there the military success will be accompanied by a political success and the Democrat party will find it's self in the same sinking boat they were in when they tried the same thing on Reagan.....and were wrong there too.
The lack of reconciliation of the CENTRAL Government is almost all that's left. On the LOCAL level things are going quite well. It's a matter of time at this point. Should these guys actually do their job then the last little criticism left will evaporate.
Having your opponent believe you to be a fool is far more advantageous then them believing you to be shrewd. When your own opponents house is divided against it's self, offer no critique but only point their lack of progress. Lastly, it's hard to convince people of reason that you can lead when you can't win influence from a 'buffoon' despite your majority in both houses of Congress.
Yeah. Dubbya's dumb. Diplomats will soon either do their jobs in Iraq or be pulling down some Federal unemployment looking for civilian work with that Diplomat skill set.