tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11047330.post3069211617062549417..comments2023-10-24T21:04:32.920+03:00Comments on INTELect si ARTa: John Le Carréperomanestehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18138498600151502565noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11047330.post-44234426354977980022013-09-25T06:02:00.545+03:002013-09-25T06:02:00.545+03:00sykes888
Barrister v. Cornwell (aka LeCarré) : Fr...<br /><br />sykes888 <br />Barrister v. Cornwell (aka LeCarré) : Fraud<br /><br />Amuse Bouche: <br />Blair (reportedly), "I had taken the view that we needed to remake the Middle East." What? Again? Spoken like a salesman. Wasn't the work of Britons in Palestine enough? <br /><br />Starter:<br />" ….. the desire of David Cameron and Nick Clegg to wage war on Syria, …..": the suggestion that either Cameron or Clegg would 'derive pleasure or satisfaction' (OED) from war is as puerile as it is poisonous. More salesmanship. How patient is paper?<br /><br />Main Course:<br />" ….. the supposed legal advice and intelligence weren't persuasive.” I don't think so. Alone, the pictures of the gas attack's aftermath shown on television worldwide were quite persuasive. I believe the 'No' vote simply said “Not our problem, thanks."<br /><br />Sweet (& Sour):<br />" ….. a landmark of belated political maturity. ….. Punitive raids .. are sheer insanity at any time". To paraphrase Lacon, "Its the age old question. How to warmonger the warmongers?" <br /><br />Coffee & Cigars: <br />The two neighbours obviously enjoyed their conversation "to complete the circle". But do they have any ideas on how to stop a chemical-weapons-using tyrant without the credible threat (and, if necessary, use) of force? I suspect not. If they have no credible "collective measures" (Chemical Weapons Convention, Article XII para (3)) of what use are the Convention, law and all the talk, beyond salesmanship? "That's clever" David Cornwell. Clever and comfortable. Should sell.<br /><br />Bon Appetit, gentlemen. <br /><br />PS: yes, I confirm my aunt worked in intelligence (WWII, US America).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11047330.post-83571232196514762552013-09-25T06:01:30.021+03:002013-09-25T06:01:30.021+03:00SuchindranathAiyer
Somehow, in all British advent...<br />SuchindranathAiyer <br />Somehow, in all British adventures, there is always that patch of insular sanity where Britannia still rules the waves, to which the adventurer may return at will. The calm harbour at journey's end. India has no such luxury in fact or fiction. (Bangalore and Mysore have ceased to be).<br /><br />sykes888 <br />Bill & Tip:<br />"If you bomb it, you own it," This is drivel. You cannot 'own' territory from the sky; 'boots on the ground' are required at the very least. And if an invading force takes control of land, they do not own it, they occupy it; a fact gladly overlooked by the British in Palestine. The resulting British war crime of disposing over Palestine continues to poison even today, over 95 years on.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com