March 18, 2003
So it's come to this.
"Diplomacy" no longer means negotiation with your enemies, it means twisting the arms of your allies.
"Putting your cards on the table" means only doing so if you know you've got a Royal Flush, and the other players have 3 of a kind.
"Patriotism" means that no matter what, you keep your lips closed while the world falls apart around you.
"War" doesn't mean an armed conflict between two parties, but a massacre by an aggressor with at least 40 times the firepower.
Even if we win this thing in 72 hours and every one of our troops returns home safely, it's still a travesty and a debacle. The price to the U.N., NATO, and every other international alliance we've ever fostered over the last 50 years is uncalculable. Maybe France and Germany will come back on board, but they'll be very leery of jumping on board in future engagements, even if we have way more justification than this splendid little war.
eric 9:22 PM
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