Military code generally demands that if a Private has something to say to a General… he/she has more than a few layers of COs to get through before his message gets to who he intends it to reach… if it does at all. That is The Way it has always been… it is how the …
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Must-see Documentary.
The National today (Monday March 28) has a very very interesting documentary about the Oil for Food program. Who speicifically benefitted from it (including French Pres. Jaques Chirac) what the UN and US position on it was at the time…. and others. If you’d like to see someone sweat, watch for the interview with one …
Kurdistan, not Northern Iraq
Kurdo comments today on the first sitting of the Iraqi Parliament where one MP apparently referred to the Kurdish region of Iraq as the “North”. Major Faux-pas! Some of the 77 MPs from Kurdistan were insulted. They shouted “Kurdistan, Kurdistan. What North”. The old man said “Sorry, Kurdistan”. Oops. Oh well.. at least all they …