I wonder if that's why Gere was chosen for the role -- because he has little piggy eyes like Bush's eyes. (Though granted, Gere's have some life and humor in them.)
Tartar wrote:
Rummy and Perception -- ol' buddies. They deserve each other!!
I present this as evidence of who in this crowd hits the gutter first.
Here I am trying to "psych" myself up for the apology that I MAY have to make and this is what I am met with. Tsk--Tsk
Tartarin
My mailbox, in high curiousitude, awaits your PM.
Re west nile...do you folks recall the 'yellow rain' scare. CIA in Cambodia (I think I have that right) after seeing brownish-yellow droplets on leaves and patio tables, started yelling about chem warfare engaged by the nasty commies. A couple of biologists there checked it out. Honey bees, as it happens, leave their nest each morning on a mass defecation flight - same route every time, I think - and what ever is below gets it. That was the yellow rain.
Just a quick request here ... to all on the thread, no one in particular ... please don't make me put on my Moderator hat.
Thank you. Carry on.
perception, we wait with bated breath <turning a light shade of blue here>
and some more on...
POW TV
Why Rumsfeld should be careful about lecturing Saddam about the Geneva Conventions.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2080616/
Gautam
Continue holding breath!
I just created a discussion regarding a Spinsanity piece on Iraq that touches on the veracity of this claim.
Spinsanity: Myths and misconceptions about Iraq
It's a nice little piece that attempts to answer a number of questions surrounding the Iraq issue.
What are we holding our breath(s) for?
And here I am, out on the edges again. Sounds like lyrics to a song, or a line from a poem. No matter. But I seem to be finding the edges of this thread, or side issues, if you will, to be fertile ground for questions just begging to be asked.
This time I am pondering why it would necessarily be a bad thing for an independent, autonomous Kurdistan (?) to be formed, from the edges of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and anyone else wanting to get rid of this ethnic group of deviants.
What am I missing here? Just why is it so important that Iraqi territorial borders be sacrosanct? When have any borders been so regarded?
Other than setting precedent, is that four corners area sitting on some kind of natural wealth that I am unfamiliar with, which would cause the respective countries to be loath to giving up an edge?
Have we learned nothing from past history about the strength and resolve of a people, self-identifying themselves as a people different from other people, in their determination to be a people? Do we want to have to revisit this area in the future?
How about setting them up as a UN protectorate for "x" of years, and then having the citizenry vote on what they want to do?
All of the respective countries involved in this issue regard it as a nuisance thorn in their sides. So why not pull it out?
Soon to be in the news: Popular anti-regime uprising in Basra confirmed underway, similar activity rumored in other "Bypassed" Southern cities.
timberlandko wrote:Soon to be in the news: Popular anti-regime uprising in Basra confirmed underway, similar activity rumored in other "Bypassed" Southern cities.
Hmmmm... Perhaps our idea of what constitutes "freedom" and theirs are compatible after all! :wink:
Timber
Re: The uprising against Saddam in Basra and other bypassed cities---this is indeed welcome news.
I personally had no idea that Saddams Stalinist organization was so large and comprehensive---did you?
I wonder if there isn't some hidden issue here, too, Sumac. One thing the Kurds may have going for themselves is the refusal of the Turks to permit their territory to be used to stage a second front. Had they not done this, we would have probably felt obliged to honor their wishes in the matter.
