We were therefore his silent accomplice and when the situation finally deteriorated last week, we should have caught up with it and taken steps that were “over and beyond” the normal call of duty. Our State Department should have made arrangement for a safe passage to some friendly emirate and forced him to board the plane and have him say that he was doing it on his own volition. Instead we've been siting on our hands, hoping for the best or some miracle to happen and soon, we may very well get the worst, just because we didn't want to cut our losses and finally do what would have been the right thing to do. Will we ever learn?
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Hey, Jeff, careful what you wish for. What comes after? Aside from the fact that the question is whether or not we should mingle in other people's internal affairs.
St. Augustine (and Buddha) said that there are more tears shed on granted prayers than on those that are ignored (I paraphrase, obviously).
Be cool.
Bill
Funny coincidence (or not... coincidence, not funny) that you should chose a picture of Tintin au Congo. There is a movement in Belgium and France that would like to see this album banned, and requests due apologies from the Herge's estate for the colonialist attitude. Next, they will probably attack Kipling:)
"Ya des gens qu'on rien a foutre," as my grand ma would say.
Bill
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