Reaction: US Embassy staff to wear flak jackets, helmets to work

There is a new policy among workers at the US Embassy in Baghdad that requires workers to wear flak jackets and helmets anytime they are outside a "solid" building. This includes walks outside and in unprotected (I guess "soft") buildings. While some my criticize this new policy and use it to show things are not going quite as planned in Iraq, I am personally glad they are doing something about worker safety. The job has to be stressful enough as it is with all the mortar attacks constantly going on around you. And with the Green Zone far from impregnable I think it's a good policy to have in place. It really sucks these people have to be on the ground in that situation at all, but since there is little choice in that matter I think it's good they are at least protecting them as best as can be afforded in the situation.