The George Schultz Diplomat Test
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I commented that this sort of idea, a simple reminder that international politics is a game where you should favor your own country, was part of Trump's appeal. Certainly, no democrat would express such an idea as if it were a simple and incontrovertible truth.
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@George-K said in The George Schultz Diplomat Test:
Shultz would tell this story, and he said, “Every single one of them failed. ..."
According to the story, by Mr. Shultz's own admission, these are all people who have "passed all the tests.[...] confirmed by the Senate and you’ve passed your security investigation." -- yet they all "failed" Mr. Shultz's "last test."
You've got to ask: what has the Foreign Service been teaching and testing these people, what have the Senate been doing to vet these people, such that they all "passed" everything only to fail Mr. Shultz's all important, all illuminating test?
If the subject of Mr. Shultz's "test" is so important, so illuminating, the Foreign Service should have made it a fundamental part of its training, rather than leave it to Mr. Shultz to point it out after all the training, testing, and Senate confirmation are done.
May be it already is part of the Foreign Service's training. I am more inclined to think that this story regarding Mr. Shultz's "test" is apocryphal.
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@George-K said in The George Schultz Diplomat Test:
Shultz would tell this story, and he said, “Every single one of them failed. ..."
According to the story, by Mr. Shultz's own admission, these are all people who have "passed all the tests.[...] confirmed by the Senate and you’ve passed your security investigation." -- yet they all "failed" Mr. Shultz's "last test."
You've got to ask: what has the Foreign Service been teaching and testing these people, what have the Senate been doing to vet these people, such that they all "passed" everything only to fail Mr. Shultz's all important, all illuminating test?
If the subject of Mr. Shultz's "test" is so important, so illuminating, the Foreign Service should have made it a fundamental part of its training, rather than leave it to Mr. Shultz to point it out after all the training, testing, and Senate confirmation are done.
May be it already is part of the Foreign Service's training. I am more inclined to think that this story regarding Mr. Shultz's "test" is apocryphal.
@Axtremus said in The George Schultz Diplomat Test:
@George-K said in The George Schultz Diplomat Test:
Shultz would tell this story, and he said, “Every single one of them failed. ..."
According to the story, by Mr. Shultz's own admission, these are all people who have "passed all the tests.[...] confirmed by the Senate and you’ve passed your security investigation." -- yet they all "failed" Mr. Shultz's "last test."
You've got to ask: what has the Foreign Service been teaching and testing these people, what have the Senate been going to vet these people, such that they all "passed" everything only to fail Mr. Shultz's all important, all illuminating test?
If the subject of Mr. Shultz's "test" is so important, so illuminating, the Foreign Service should have made it a fundamental part of its training, rather than leave it for Mr. Shultz to point it out after all the training, testing, and Senate confirmation are done.
May be it already is part of the Foreign Service's training. I am more inclined to think that this story regarding Mr. Shultz's "test" is apocryphal.
Our Ax post of the day.
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That is why most foreign ministries always rotate their statesmen. They do not want people to get too attached to a foreign country.
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Foggy Mind, meet Foggy Bottom...
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