"Between Iraq and a hard place" -- a headline that's blindingly obvious now but I kick myself for not having thought of it before. Anyway, this is the headline of an op-ed piece in today's Slop and Pail which actually makes sense regarding the UN and Washington's role in Afghanistan and Iraq (imo).
It seems to me that for some reason, a few months ago I predicted that it wouldn't actually come to war in Iraq, for various reasons (this may have been on LDS-Poll, I can't remember). But it became increasingly difficult to see how it would be avoided, given what appeared to be George III's "cowboy attitude." But there appears to be a way between the rock and the hard place, according to Canadian career diplomat David Malone: <<http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20021002/COMALONE/Comment/comment/comment_temp/1/1/2/>> In other news on Iraq, Canada has finally come on board (surprise, surprise), and our defence minister immediately announced that we could afford to contribute military assets, as we have in US-led initiatives going back to George II's Gulf War: <<http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/front/RTGAM/20021002/wiraq10022/Front/homeBN/breakingnews>> Oh, speaking of puns, I just remembered an old joke from the Gulf War. There was a movie that was playing at the time called Arachnophobia (which is fear of spiders, and of course the movie was full of spiders). The joke went something like "what's the latest horror show playing in Kuwait? Iraqnophobia" yuk yuk -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland "The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." --Michelangelo Buonarroti Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author�s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
