OT: What are we doing in Najaf?

Uh ... "Samaritan" as in the ethnic group that is, not as in "Good Samaritan" which would imply that no good deed would be welcome ...

Except for the part about acting like a Good Samaritan, which indeed is about an ethnic Samaritan acting like a Good Samaritan ...

Everybody understand what I just wrote? Good!

(My head hurts ... )

Reminds me of another old saying; "No good deed goes unpunished". Still, in the case in question; since the saudi's were the ones who were funding all these religious fanatics Madrasas or religious schools which taught nothing practical, just hate and discontent, the gift was probably viewed as pure hypocrisy, and rightly so.

Bill Shuey

Yup. Gotta agree with that.

Assuming there would be elections in 2009.....Kim M

Actually I ~think~ that it would be 2008, and as said, if at all.....

-- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger

As in, if we have a country left?

Bill Banaszak

No. Have you considered a career in political speechwriting? You have a natural gift for it.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

Here, here!!

Bill Banaszak

Oh come on, Kim!

The president isn't about to postpone the election.

Why, he's bringing thousands of troops wasting away in Germany, Japan, Korea, etc. To make sure that the elections are safe.

God, those two acts are a paranoiac's dream.

Tom

Yeah, right. All those troops are going to be back in CONUS before November.

I'll bet you $1000 right now that there won't be a presidential election in 2009....

Now, Now, Al! That's taking advantage of the retarded!

Bill Shuey

Oh, verrry funny ... :o)

No. That would be the inauguration of 2009. The election will have been held in November of 2008.

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" In walks the village idiot and his face is all aglow; he's been up all night listening to Mohammad's radio" W. Zevon

Might as well. They aren't really needed in Germany or Japan. They aren't doing all that much good in Korea either except as a tripwire. Besides, if they were pulled out of Korea, and there was one of those nasty old nuclear exchanges on the continent, they wouldn't be there to be incinerated. Then they would be available to go in afterwards to sweep up the mess.

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" In walks the village idiot and his face is all aglow; he's been up all night listening to Mohammad's radio" W. Zevon

Truth be told, this should have been done 10 years ago. I got to take off my hat to Shrub for this one. Kim M

;-p

Was that your jaw hitting the floor?

-- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger

Actually, I fell out of my chair. Ouch! ;-p