Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Friday, August 22, 2008

So, the Surge is Working

That's the often-repeated claim of John "I was a POW" McCain. But key to the reduction of violence in Iraq has been the "Sunni Awakening," the switch in allegiance of the Sunni tribes from the insurgency to the government. Part of the Awakening has been the Sons of Iraq, a paramilitary group funded by our tax dollars, so that the former insurgents had jobs and something to do other than planting bombs.

The Shiite government in Iraq is trying to undo that. They are arresting key Sunni tribal leaders. They have vowed that the soldiers in the Sons of Iraq will not get jobs with the Iraqi security forces.

Care to place your bets as to when it all falls apart?

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