Peace Through Crazy

Hand him that Nobel he's always wanted. Late Monday in the US (early Tuesday in the Middle East), D

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9 thoughts on “Peace Through Crazy

  1. So, the deal is: You agree to get bombed for only 12 more hours without any resistance, and they promise they’ll stop then?!?!
    Maybe I need to read up better on diplomacy, but this sounds batsh*t crazy to me. Is this for real?!? Overused cliche, but “my bingo card didn’t have ‘new bi-lateral hegemony’ on it!”

  2. Wasn’t much of dip to buy when this all started, I forget how long ago – feels like less than twelve days? – but better to have bought it than sold it.

    Wonder if Netanyahu will find some way to assasinate Khamenei anyway? He has not fully achieved his goals.

  3. There is some precedant for the immoral kicking someone when they’re down “bombed the bejesus” out of an opponent just before the peace is enacted. Russia did that to Finland hours before the deadline. Maybe they will do that to Ukraine as well when peace is finally achieved.

  4. “Peace through strength.” The first individual known reputed to have said this was the Roman Emperor Hadrian (the one who constructed a wall between what are now Scotland and England, presumably to keep the noisy Scots at bay. Later, several other aspiring leader wannabees also repeated this motto, including the GOP’s erstwhile stab at royalty, King Ronald the Actor.

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