What's the difference?

Question

The government orders our soldiers into Iraq but diplomats say it is a death warrant for diplomats to go.

Answer 1

There is a huge difference Coop! Soldiers are prepared for this, diplomats are not. We have no diplomatic ties with Iraq at present. It would be suicide to send them there at this point and to what end? Soldiers live and die by the sword...diplomats live and die by their words. Only one letter in the difference but that one letter dictates who belongs where.