tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post117224582746851129..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Keep Talking?George Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1172508590640027192007-02-26T11:49:00.000-05:002007-02-26T11:49:00.000-05:00Can't find the quote right now, but right after th...Can't find the quote right now, but right after the Munich Accord sellout in '38, Churchill said something to the effect that Chamberlain had traded honor to avoid war, but Hitler would give Britain war in any event. History could hardly have repeated itself with such deja vu-like accuracy. Yet another prime minister goes down the appeasement toilet.jamminedwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645642564040670850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1172345397859992982007-02-24T14:29:00.000-05:002007-02-24T14:29:00.000-05:00In today's London Telegraph it says that Israel is...In today's London Telegraph it says that Israel is planning to deal with the problem. The Brit papers have said this many times before, of course. But this piece says their airforce needs to fly over Iraq to get to Iran, and that they would have to clear everything in advance with the US so that <BR/>our guys on patrol didn't shoot them down by mistake. <BR/><BR/>This is unfortunate. It would be so much better if we could discreetly supply Israel with whatever she needs to make her visit a towering sucess, but then act shocked. If only we could raise our eyes heavenwards, heave a melancholy sigh, and tell the world <BR/>"Oh, those crazy, wicked, jooz...just look what they gone and done"eatyourbeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142141654341688097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-1172344603928412442007-02-24T14:16:00.000-05:002007-02-24T14:16:00.000-05:00The Echelon concensus is that Iran ALREADY has the...The Echelon concensus is that Iran ALREADY has the bomb... but no militarily effective delivery mechanism.<BR/><BR/>Her atomics are placed as mines at critical nodes for American and global interests. The mullahs figure that national hari kiri with American ground forces strapped to their belly will bring forth the Mahdi and global anti-Americanism.<BR/><BR/>One or more of those atomic mines is presumed to be across the Shatt-al-Arab. That's too close for the British.<BR/><BR/>More generally, many savvy Americans pray for the British departure since a see-no-evil occupation has completely undercut our political goals: a secular polyglot coalition government.<BR/><BR/>The Shia militias are massively financed by crude oil diversion in this Shia heartland. Stolen oil is also quite handy for the Qods budget. <BR/><BR/>If liberal politics is deemed essential for Iraq we're going to have to begin colonial government.blerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05673566463965274368noreply@blogger.com