Kendall Myers, State Department analyst, should be fired post haste

It's no secret that the rank-and-file employees of the Department of State of the United States of America are not great cheerleaders for the country whose interests they are paid to represent. In foreign policy matters, they all too often seem devoted to finding ways to blame America for all the problems in the world. They castigate American policy makers for pursuing America's self interests, while excusing all manner of absurd conduct by other countries as being only natural pursuits of their own self-interests. But Dr. Kendall Myers has brought this deplorable practice to a new low, and he should be fired immediately.

In a speech at the Johns Hopkins Institue for Advanced International Studies this past Tuesday, Dr. Myers lambasted the decisions of his ultimate boss, the President of the United States, over the conduct of the war and the actions of one of our staunchest allies, the United Kindgom. He specifically criticized Prime Minister Tony Blair and compared Mr. Blair, quite unfavorably, to other former British Prime Ministers.

He also suggested that he "hoped" the U.K. would drift further away from the United States and closer to the European Union. As the The Times reported:

He [Myers] added that “in a certain sense I hope they [Britain] break it with us” because it was important for Britain to have stronger bonds with the EU. “But what I think and fear is that Britain will draw back from the US without moving closer to Europe. In that sense, London’s bridge is falling down.”

Got that? An officer of the United States of America, who has taken an oath to uphold its Constitution, to further its interests, hopes that a key ally "breaks it with us", and he chose to share that opinion in a very public forum.

If you work at that level for the government of the United States and you can't bear the policies enacted by our elected leaders, Dr. Myers, you should do the honorable thing and quit. Don't keep sucking off the taxpayer's teat while oh-so-smugly denouncing the policies we have, through our elected representatives, adopted. We pay you to advance our interests, not Europe's. The Times article says you are contemplating retirment. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Update by Pat, June 6, 2009: As you can see from the comments, turns out the State Department really should have listened to me. Myers and his wife were arrested today on charges of spying for the Cuban government.