"This is an unholy deamon; I'm sending it back to hell, where it belongs."

[narcasse]

“But that's the great thing about killing something with fire; if they aren't dying enough from it, add more fuel.”
- alephz from this bad_rpers_suck post.


The significance of kitchens for ancient Egyptians The Daily Star Egypt


Alas I can’t seem to find the quote from either the Turkish PM or Foreign Minister recently regarding affairs along the south-eastern boarder at the moment which really could have taught Rumsfeld a thing or two about tact and diplomacy.

“Europeans across the political spectrum reacted with shock and condemnation when Rumsfeld brusquely dismissed the applicability of the Geneva Conventions to these prisoners on January 16, 2002, saying he didn't have "the slightest concern" about how they would be treated in light of their organizations' attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

A more careful diplomat than Rumsfeld would, in answer to a question about the convention's applicability to the prisoners, have simply said, "of course we will apply the principles of the Geneva Conventions to any prisoners we are holding" -- and then gone on to explain that government lawyers were considering how to apply those principles in this unprecedented situation. Indeed, this is precisely what the U.S. government ended up doing, but by then the damage had been done.”
- Rubin, J. P., 2003. Stumbling Into War. Foreign Affairs, 82 (5), pp. 59

Comments

[finferwen.livejournal.com]

I think I've read that article - seem to remember getting bitchy about the repetitive use of 'Europe' in a way that would make my old (and only) sociology tutor proud. Please tell me you've made reference to it previously and I'm not sleep-studying or something equally heinous.

It really was a three-horse race as to who could bring the most shame to the White House when Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld were all together. What would their argument have been; 'come help us depose this evil dictator! Ours has less facial hair! No, that wasn't a request'?

Bah, I say. Bah. alephz could do some fine work in Washington DC with a bucket of napalm and a match, by the sound of it.

[reichsfreiherr.livejournal.com]

It’s probably slightly better than Kagan who seems to think that Europe and America should get married. He’s got some nice ideas but he’s a little too quick to generalise and decide that the Victorian romantic ideal of marriage is the way forward. And yes, I have linked that article at you before… unless there really is some vast conspiracy theory going on and America’s faults are being subliminally messaged to you every time you listen to Jrock.

What would their argument have been; 'come help us depose this evil dictator! Ours has less facial hair! No, that wasn't a request'?

I have no idea but it would probably involve hanging banners with “Mission Accomplished” written on them from things every now and again, regardless of active engagement in anything or accomplishment there of.

Aren’t you due a trip in a similar direction with a squirt bottle at some point? Though maybe Blair might be due a hosing at some point since he’s decided to take pot-shots at the media on his way out. I’m not entirely sure he’s doing much more than blowing off steam on one hand but on the other I’m torn between wanting The Sun banned and knowing that at the end of the day that probably wouldn’t be a good idea.