tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post314518236810836217..comments2023-09-30T04:41:24.558-07:00Comments on Ephemeral Isle: A recipe for failureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-44945234999502666892011-10-24T23:44:42.832-07:002011-10-24T23:44:42.832-07:00Sergej: Quite true. I recall an incident in the 19...Sergej: Quite true. I recall an incident in the 1980s when a German hippie at a rally demanded of the Chancellor why foreign troops were based on German soil. Said Chancellor fixed the hippie with a bland eye and said, "I has something to do with losing the war".<br /><br />Perhaps Barry should have reminded the Iraqis of who conquered who.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04574453357460196584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-1674147203459619212011-10-24T10:19:08.042-07:002011-10-24T10:19:08.042-07:00How does it happen that Iraq is telling the US to ...How does it happen that Iraq is telling the US to stay or leave? Last time I checked, we had more men and better guns than they did. And also more guns. And better men. It must be an intriguing place, Planet Soft Diplomacy. Truly, their ways are not our ways.Sergejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04220098289020600208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28615995.post-22247808158947999722011-10-24T06:09:20.311-07:002011-10-24T06:09:20.311-07:00Actually, it's more likely to bite us in that ...Actually, it's more likely to bite us in that sensitive spot after The One is on the rubber-chicken lecture circuit with his friend and role model, Jimmy Carter.<br /><br /> We're looking at the equivalent of Louis XV and XVI combined. Except instead of Madame Pompadour whispering it in his ear, he is looking in a mirror, and saying to himself, "Apres nous, le deluge'". <br /><br /> And smirking as he does so. <br /><br /><br />cheers<br /><br />eoneonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08580152241525427599noreply@blogger.com