The Cat in the Hat balances on the globe juggling Iraq, Syria, and Iran in one hand and the Islamic State, China, and Russia in another, with Afghanistan on his head and Pakistan on one foot. Yemen is about to fall off of a shelf.
Presuming that we could actually effect Michael’s ‘modest proposal’, it could then be said of us as it was once said of another superpower, “Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.”
“Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.”“They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire, and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace.”—Calgacus speaking of the Romans (as attributed by Tacitus)
Cheney’s war of aggression to grab Iraq’s oil seems to have lasted longer than 2 – 3 weeks and hasn’t paid for itself. What it has done is let the genie out of the bottle, which should have happened after WW I, and started the final breakup of the Ottoman Empire. Pull our troops out of Saudi Arabia which supports Wahhabi sect of Islam – teaches destroy Satanic U.S., and let them continue their 1,400 year old religious war. .
Look at me! I can danceO’er the Globe while I pranceWith crises in hands (and one foot)Coalitions I’ll cobble(Which wobble and wobble)And in time we shall all be kaput!
Yes, the sequester keeps taking a bite out of everything we do in the world — military funding AND medical and scientific research. It’s a dumb idea, but it’s the only thing the Republicans have actually achieved in the past six years, so they can’t allow it to be fixed.
Doughfoot over 9 years ago
Presuming that we could actually effect Michael’s ‘modest proposal’, it could then be said of us as it was once said of another superpower, “Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.”
Jason Allen over 9 years ago
“Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.”“They plunder, they slaughter, and they steal: this they falsely name Empire, and where they make a wasteland, they call it peace.”—Calgacus speaking of the Romans (as attributed by Tacitus)
magicwalnut Premium Member over 9 years ago
Thank you, Jase.
griffthegreat over 9 years ago
Cheney’s war of aggression to grab Iraq’s oil seems to have lasted longer than 2 – 3 weeks and hasn’t paid for itself. What it has done is let the genie out of the bottle, which should have happened after WW I, and started the final breakup of the Ottoman Empire. Pull our troops out of Saudi Arabia which supports Wahhabi sect of Islam – teaches destroy Satanic U.S., and let them continue their 1,400 year old religious war. .
Godfreydaniel over 9 years ago
Look at me! I can danceO’er the Globe while I pranceWith crises in hands (and one foot)Coalitions I’ll cobble(Which wobble and wobble)And in time we shall all be kaput!
ARodney over 9 years ago
Yes, the sequester keeps taking a bite out of everything we do in the world — military funding AND medical and scientific research. It’s a dumb idea, but it’s the only thing the Republicans have actually achieved in the past six years, so they can’t allow it to be fixed.
TripleAxel over 9 years ago
I wonder how many of these problems would not have developed into crises if we had had a more engaged president during the past five years.
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
Re-Flex: that “Defense budget” is only the published non-classified; the real annual budget is over $1.3 Trillion.
Rather than “Cat in the Hat” movie, I think of DiCapprio in “Titanic”, and the fact we are only in our dreams righted to be “King of the World”.