Smart power: “This is what happens when you get caught by surprise,” an anonymous American official told The New York Times in February 2011. “We’ve had endless strategy sessions for the past two years on Mideast peace, on containing Iran. And how many of them factored in the possibility that Egypt moves from stability to turmoil? None.”
Tautologically.
ReplyDeleteThe Globe has some qualms? Pinch me - is this true?
ReplyDeleteHarvard guy piling up. Hey, man, I'm telling ya: Beantown is passing Houston on the right!
ReplyDeleteSmart power: “This is what happens when you get caught by surprise,” an anonymous American official told The New York Times in February 2011. “We’ve had endless strategy sessions for the past two years on Mideast peace, on containing Iran. And how many of them factored in the possibility that Egypt moves from stability to turmoil? None.”
ReplyDeleteTecs, am I refreshingly free-spirited when I spell it "Roumania" or am I just being an ignoramus/ass?
ReplyDeleteHarvard guy piling up.
ReplyDeleteAARRGH!!!
Dammit, it's ``piling on,'' not ``up''!
Cars pile up, yes? People also do, occasionally. Have you ever watched a game of rugby?
ReplyDeleteBack to Niall Ferguson's piece: Krugman not happy. Duh. And his arithmetic is off by one or two trillions. Double duh.
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