A top U.S. diplomat leaves in protest
Joshua Partlow and Carol Morello
Washington Post
... He has posted the last of a series of videos exhibiting the goofy, extroverted demeanor that gained him a wide viewership in Panama over the past two years. Their premise has the out-of-work ambassador ham-handedly applying for jobs in Panama - as a fireman, a taxi driver, a makeup artist - because he likes the country so much he doesn't want to leave.
"It humanizes us," he said, referring to the United States. "And right now, we need a little humanizing."
Feeley, 56, flew home from Panama on Friday, capping almost three decades as a diplomat under Republican and Democratic administrations. In the past year, he said, he realized he was working for a president whose policies and tone he could no longer promote or even explain.
"As a junior foreign service officer, I signed an oath to serve faithfully the president and his administration in an apolitical fashion, even when I might not agree with certain policies," he said in his Dec. 27 letter to President Donald Trump, first reported by Reuters and confirmed by Feeley as his words. "My instructors made clear that if I believed I could not do that, I would be honor bound to resign. That time has come" ...
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— John Feeley, outgoing U.S. ambassador to Panama
I'm sorry he has to leave his beloved calling due to the evil creep in the wh.. but I can certainly understand why!
Oh, and fuck off Rex Tillerson-putin.
John Freely
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