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Dreadful coincidence--That

jollyroger — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:47:36 +0000

In reply to Why are we with the Arabs and not the Persians? I blame Lawrence.

Dreadful coincidence--That pompous ignoramus is, even now, mangling a deconstruction of our relationships with Iran (and the head choppers whom he appears to have misidentified, but what a trivial detail in the overall morass of stupidity, ignorance, and complete self promotion.

I always pull on strings -

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 21:11:19 +0000

In reply to better gird up loins

I always pull on strings - never know where they'll lead...

Though would prefer to keep teeth from gnashing where I stash my loins. Nibbling, fine.

better gird up loins

jollyroger — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 19:24:20 +0000

In reply to Rent garments and a gnashing

better gird up loins

thus coming back to schlong stashing and teeth gnashing....all threads lead to the same place.

Rent garments and a gnashing

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 16:53:48 +0000

In reply to And, lo, there was groaning

Rent garments and a gnashing of teeth - going biblical on you, dude, better gird up loins while you can fore I let go with my jawbone of an ass.

And, lo, there was groaning

jollyroger — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 16:16:39 +0000

In reply to Nope, Halva - like "halva

And, lo, there was groaning upon the land, and the people rose up with one voice pleading, "wherefore must we dress in this homie's pun raiment?"

Nope, Halva - like "halva

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 16:00:54 +0000

In reply to AND, it was Baked Alaska! (Ta

Nope, Halva - like "halva country's better than none, ain't it?"

https://www.globalpolicy.org

jollyroger — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 15:19:39 +0000

In reply to but surely we aren't as

https://www.globalpolicy.org/political-issues-in-iraq/sectarianism.html

AND, it was Baked Alaska! (Ta

jollyroger — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:55:25 +0000

In reply to Lawrence's misconceived

AND, it was Baked Alaska! (Ta-dum)

Lawrence's misconceived

Oxy Mora — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:16:39 +0000

In reply to Why are we with the Arabs and not the Persians? I blame Lawrence.

Lawrence's misconceived constructs for the Middle East superimposed upon religious conflicts and distribution of oil sands have been disastrous. But Lawrence's fundamental mistake was assuming Western values and culture might root there, as evidenced by his famous words,

"My people are the people of the dessert", T.E. Lawrence said, picking up his fork.

but surely we aren't as

jollyroger — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 13:15:46 +0000

In reply to I was counting the deaths

but surely we aren't as responsible as the killers themselves

WE ae a proximate cause--that's enough to recover in court.

There is also substantial opinion to the effect that the current sectarian clusterfuck is less the outgrowth of the logterm sunni/shia shit and more the result of deliberately sectarian divisions imposed by our proconsuls in the run up to the first election following the invasion.