
I don;t really have much else to say about it, really. I'm not a huge wings guy myself and I don't really understand why this is such a thing.
[The Foreign Service] was an elite realm to which only men of a certain pedigree could expect ready admission. Many had gone to the same prep schools...and from there to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. One such official, Hugh Wilson, in praise of his fellow diplomats wrote, “They have all felt that they belonged to a pretty good club. That feeling has fostered a healthy esprit de corps." - Erik Larson, ''In the Garden of Beasts'
A trio of GOP senators have introduced legislation that would cut security, construction, and maintenance funds for U.S. embassies around the world in half until the president moves the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.Turns out our safety is nothing but a political bargaining chip for these people.