Whip-crackin'
Teh Come to Jebus Mess-iah Moment?
∏eh R∅∅kie [who w∅n] is the CinC - whether he likes it nor not. And whether or not it pleases those who believed that Hiz Hopeyness would Chaaange the very essence of Human Nature. [As yet] Majikkal Unicorns have not descended from Teh Hopey Clouds to decree All War is at An End, All Conflict Shall be Resolvable via Conflict Resolution and Those Who Want to “Wipe Other Nations Off The Face of the Earth” have Just had A Change of Heart.
*taps toe waiting*
Nope. Not yet.
Diplomacy’s three slipperiest words are “agreement in principle." Iran’s Ambassador to Britain exclaimed after the talks in Geneva, “No, no!” when asked if his country had agreed to ship LEU to Russia; it had “not been discussed yet.” An unnamed Iranian official said that the Geneva deal “is just based on principles. We have not agreed on any amount or any numbers.” Bargaining over the deal’s specifics could stretch out indefinitely.
...In fact, the agreement constitutes another in the long string of Iranian negotiating victories over the West.
...An unnamed Iranian official said that the Geneva deal “is just based on principles. We have not agreed on any amount or any numbers.” Bargaining over the deal’s specifics could stretch out indefinitely.
...The “agreement” undercuts Security Council resolutions forbidding Iranian uranium enrichment.
...Raising Iran’s LEU to higher enrichment levels is a step backwards.
...no “hard and fast deadline,” and “we don’t have like a drop-dead date.”
[emph mine - e~C]
Like rly, Duu-uude?!?
Meanwhile the me-dia play poli-ticks with the personalities and McCrystal is summoned to a tarmac meeting—and called “naive” or “an upstart” [read: uppity].
*facepalm*
Speaking of McChrystal, can any of you Out There spot the parallels with MacArthur and Truman? (Truman fired Gen MacArthur in what might seem similar circumstances.)
Posted by ZZMike on 10/06/09 at 07:30 AM
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