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We talk of skepticism as our special characteristic; but even in our skepticism we are not like a free man fighting with a sword, but like a lackey hitting out with his fist, and very likely he is doing even that at his master's bidding. Then, we are a soft people, too; it's not difficult to keep the curb on us.
Ivan Turgenev – Smoke (1867)
More like a jester hitting out with a bladder on a stick... actually 'Joe the Jester' makes a lot of sense.
ReplyDeleteHe is vowing revenge against ISIS-K, who are the sworn enemies of the Taliban and will be a major obstacle to the Taliban setting up anything like a functioning state with utilities, order, transport, etc. I wonder whether Joe's handlers have checked this out with the Taliban first, and are perhaps helping them with a bit of nation-building in exchange for those hostages?
ReplyDeleteSam - not only does 'Joe the Jester' make a lot of sense, it could also be the title of a song.
ReplyDeleteSam - good point - maybe he'll offer to help with setting up climate science and transgender clinics too.
They are claiming to have taken out the 'planner' of the bomb attack, how convenient such apt timing, I just saw a pig fly over.........
ReplyDeleteWiggia - I just did a short post on it seconds ago. Why does the planner have no name? That was the question which immediately popped into my mind.
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