The trouble with diplomacy *eyeroll*
Jul. 7th, 2006 08:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icarusBush strikes new levels of dumb.
'You know, the problem with diplomacy is it takes a while to get something done …'
Across the world, every diplomat and politician just dropped their collective jaws, thinking 'no shit, Sherlock' in thirty different languages.
Wow. I never knew how clueless he was. He's been doing this job for five and half years and doesn't even get the job description? I don't know about you but if I've been in a job for five years, no matter how little I know about it initially, I'd have figured out the basics by now.
That's like a financial analyst saying: "The problem with the stock market is that it goes up and down."
A backpacker: "The problem with backpacking is you have to carry everything with you."
A climber: "The problem with rock climbing is it's hard on the hands."
Driving: "The problem with driving a car is you have to pay attention."
The rest of Bush's quote reads that while "acting alone, you can move quickly."
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wildernessguru: "This is an administration that believes we can do anything with the barrel of a gun."
Yes. I saw a great bumper sticker about this yesterday. We're making enemies faster than we can kill them.
'You know, the problem with diplomacy is it takes a while to get something done …'
Across the world, every diplomat and politician just dropped their collective jaws, thinking 'no shit, Sherlock' in thirty different languages.
Wow. I never knew how clueless he was. He's been doing this job for five and half years and doesn't even get the job description? I don't know about you but if I've been in a job for five years, no matter how little I know about it initially, I'd have figured out the basics by now.
That's like a financial analyst saying: "The problem with the stock market is that it goes up and down."
A backpacker: "The problem with backpacking is you have to carry everything with you."
A climber: "The problem with rock climbing is it's hard on the hands."
Driving: "The problem with driving a car is you have to pay attention."
The rest of Bush's quote reads that while "acting alone, you can move quickly."
wildernessguru: "This is an administration that believes we can do anything with the barrel of a gun."Yes. I saw a great bumper sticker about this yesterday. We're making enemies faster than we can kill them.
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Date: 2006-07-08 01:58 am (UTC)The huge economic boom in China has meant that their SONG-class nuclear submarine was in the water last year, about two years ahead of schedule. This exploits a weakness in U.S. naval defences. China's been mapping out the sea floor, crossing Japan's territorial waters at will (they say they're doing "oceanographic research" but their not asking Japan and coupled with their submarine program -- yeah, everyone's military is laughing at that excuse).
This really doesn't bode well for Taiwan.
Icarus