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Aug. 14th, 2006 01:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterbadgerAn insightful and humourous, if slightly profane, analysis of recent events in the GWOT (or whatever the White House is calling it this week); many thanks to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pisica for posting the link!
I particularly love the quote from Herodotus in one of the comments. I think that witty bravado in the face of near-certain destruction is particularly wonderful, and I love to be reminded of it. Another example that springs to mind is the (possibly fictional) reply from the British 1st Airborne officer at the battle of Arnhem, when the German forces who surrounded, overpowered, and outnumbered them mooted the topic of surrender.
"Sorry, chaps," came the reply from the "we don't have the facilituies to take you all prisoner!"
None of which is really relevant to the blog post; I just love the bravado... :-)
pisica for posting the link!I particularly love the quote from Herodotus in one of the comments. I think that witty bravado in the face of near-certain destruction is particularly wonderful, and I love to be reminded of it. Another example that springs to mind is the (possibly fictional) reply from the British 1st Airborne officer at the battle of Arnhem, when the German forces who surrounded, overpowered, and outnumbered them mooted the topic of surrender.
"Sorry, chaps," came the reply from the "we don't have the facilituies to take you all prisoner!"
None of which is really relevant to the blog post; I just love the bravado... :-)
