There’s an old joke about an elderly diplomat who, upon hearing of the death of another diplomat, his opponent in many a negotiation, says “I wonder what he meant by that?”
Did anyone notice that in the swearing-in ceremony of the new Iraqi government the flags behind them were the old Iraqi flag? Not only were they the old flag but they were the flag with Saddam’s handwriting on it. Perhaps these were the flags that were available or perhaps they were implicitly rejecting the new flag created for them by the IGC and the CPA.
But I do wonder what they meant by that.
Hi Dave. I wanted to send you a private note but I don’t see an email address on your page so I thought I would just drop this somewher back in the archives.
Mostly I just want you to know that “Outis” is the same person as “Ice pick”. For personal and professional reasons I have had to switch to a new identity, but I don’t want any of the few places I comment to feel like I’m operating a sock puppet. The new moniker should be the only one I use going forward, but I just want to be up front on this matter.