Seriously - I found Colin Powell's threats to Syria and Iran (on the TV) chilling.
Oh god, yes. I think that was the point when I started to get really scared, rather than just (just!) heartsick.
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brenda m - Mar 31, 2003 6:02:53 pm PST #2793 of 9843
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Betsy HP - Mar 31, 2003 6:06:56 pm PST #2794 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
And now Syria have announced that if they have to be with us or against us, they're with Iraq. Nice work, Mr. Powell, sir!
Daisy Jane - Mar 31, 2003 6:08:24 pm PST #2795 of 9843
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I should maybe point out that that may not be the administration's actual plan, but is what Joshua Micah Marshall was writing about in Washington Monthly.
Betsy HP - Mar 31, 2003 6:08:25 pm PST #2796 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
Because I don't think - although I'm not an expert on EU politics by any means - that Germany's familial ties with the House of Hanover Windsor give us any real leverage with them.
Since the close blood ties between the German and British monarchies (the Kaiser was King Edward's nephew) didn't stop, or even slow, WWI, I think that's a safe bet.
P.M. Marc - Mar 31, 2003 6:10:54 pm PST #2797 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Since the close blood ties between the German and British monarchies (the Kaiser was King Edward's nephew) didn't stop, or even slow, WWI, I think that's a safe bet.
Also failed to save Nicholas II. FWIW.
Fay - Mar 31, 2003 6:13:10 pm PST #2798 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
OTOH - and, really, this is totally OT, but it's just where my train of thought went - I am always utterly gobsmacked whenever I remember that Prince Phillip, he of the truly innovative approaches to diplomacy*, is Greek. Y'all can probably set me straight on this, actually - is the Greek Royal Family actually imported from somewhere else? Because as far as being sexy and Mediterranean looking - well, he ain't all that and the proverbial bag of chips.
* "Don't Stay In China Too Long, You'll Get Slitty Eyes" etc etc
Penny B. - Mar 31, 2003 6:18:23 pm PST #2799 of 9843
Nobody
Fay, have you ever heard Eddie Izzard on Prince Philip? Completely hilarious.
"Your problem is you're all bastards! . . . Well, that went well didn't you think? What do you mean? Which part?"
Sean K - Mar 31, 2003 6:27:35 pm PST #2800 of 9843
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
How to feel really, really ignorant:
I filled in most of the middle east, the north coast of Africa, and a couple of the -stans before I had to hunt and peck my way through the rest of it.
I am a big geography geek.
Theodosia - Mar 31, 2003 6:37:33 pm PST #2801 of 9843
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I didn't do so badly -- those little Gulf countries were a pain -- but I couldn't for the life of me remember the name of Libya until I had cleared out enough countries that I found it by process of elimination. I knew all the names it wasn't but that was embarrassing.
Penny B. - Mar 31, 2003 6:42:33 pm PST #2802 of 9843
Nobody
I could only fill in the blanks by thinking of who has invaded whom. Precision is not really my forte. In fact, I have to seriously think to map out all the provinces in Canada. Is there a name for this kind of stupidity? I also find it impossible to remember game rules.