This Washington Post headline caught my eye, and the first sentence did, too:
Study Group Supports Ordering Agency Workers to Iraq
Federal agencies supporting the Iraq war and reconstruction should order their civilian employees to fill key jobs in the combat zone if not enough volunteers step forward, a high-level commission said in a report presented to the president and Congress yesterday.
The recommendation by the Iraq Study Group, chaired by James A. Baker III, a former secretary of state, and Lee H. Hamilton, a former House member, grew out of a sense that civilian agencies are not contributing enough personnel to Iraq, adding to the burdens on the U.S. military.
Oh my, but don't I just agree. Let's include Afghanistan, too. In fact, why don't we send the entire Internal Revenue Service over there, and the Transportation Security Administration as well? As they say about a thousand lawyers at the bottom of a lake, it's a damn good start.
Posted by Craig Ceely at December 7, 2006 01:29 PM