I thought I'd share a post by Ambassador Peter Bridges on Huffington Post.com.
In short, this career diplomat, who was Reagan's ambassador to Somalia, issued a strongly worded statement in support of Obama's foreign policy goals, and to let the world know that many esteemed foreign service employees have come out public on Senator Obama's behalf. Bridges' statement, like Colin Powell's, flies in the face of the Arizona Rattler's "Obama's dangerous for America" talk. As the ambassador states in his post:
I have backed Obama since I wrote, in early 2007, the review of his second book that I hope you will read at The Cal Review. He is a prudent manager, a professor of constitutional law, and a moral and upright man with sound judgment. I agree with Colin Powell that Obama is fully qualified to be commander in chief. He understands the problems that we face at home and abroad, and he will begin -- though it will take years -- to resolve them. He has a sturdy and experienced running mate, Joe Biden, whom I have admired greatly since I first met him in 1981.
Yep, yet another Reagan appointee, not drinking the Kool Aid to support McLame.
Lest the Limbaugh Army come out to attack this man for being weak in the knees, Bridges informs his readers:
In the Foreign Service we serve the President and the Constitution faithfully -- I served under seven Presidents, finally as ambassador to Somalia under President Reagan -- and we do our best by our country. We do not speak lightly about national security. Five of my friends and colleagues were killed by terrorists. More American ambassadors have died violent deaths since World War II than our admirals and generals combined. Two other friends and colleagues were kidnapped by terrorists, but survived.
And what does he think of McCain? Well...apparently not much.
Obama is running against a man whose chief virtue seems to be that he withstood five years of arduous imprisonment and torture and, since he could not equal the Navy record of his father and grandfather, went into politics after he married a rich wife. McCain has changed his positions as the years have progressed, but he has always supported the super-rich through the years as our society has divided.
I urge you to go out to HuffPo and read his entire post. It's short, enlightening, and says it needs to say. For more info on the other ambassadors who have Obama's back, take it from Bridges himself:
You can go to ForeignPolicyforObama.com and click on the link in the left hand column.