The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Friday, February 23, 2007
Steyn: Separating Allies from Pretenders
Mark Steyn, writing in The Australian, shows that in a complex world it can be "congruent" for Britain to be withdrawing troops from Basra while the US adds troops to the Sunni triangle area.
Blair may be pulling a token number of troops, but Prince Harry--son of Princess Diana--is heading straight for the front. Which sort of hijacks John Kerry's original quote:
Blair may be pulling a token number of troops, but Prince Harry--son of Princess Diana--is heading straight for the front. Which sort of hijacks John Kerry's original quote:
"You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If [on the other hand, you are third in line for the British throne] you get stuck in Iraq."
Labels: Australia, Iraq, Mark Steyn, UK, US Politics
