Monday, May 17, 2004
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When international relations gets bizarre
Nicholas Wood reports in the New York Times about a truly bizarre effort by Macedonia's effort to ingratiate itself to Washington in late 2001/early 2002:
This would be funny if it hadn't had real consequences:
UPDATE: A hat tip to my commenters, who point out that this story is not a new one. posted by Dan on 05.17.04 at 12:20 AMComments: FOX News covered this a few weeks ago, and it didn't become a story then. Perhaps all it needs is a Rumsfeld or Halliburton connection to get 24/7 CNN coverage. posted by: The Lonewacko Blog on 05.17.04 at 12:20 AM [permalink]CNN also reported this several weeks ago. Why should get it 24/7 coverage? posted by: Carl on 05.17.04 at 12:20 AM [permalink]This is the second story the NYT has done on this. This story deals with the human consequences of this bit of seemingly petty villainy: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/10/international/asia/10MACE.html?fta=y posted by: Appalled Moderate on 05.17.04 at 12:20 AM [permalink]So, is Macedonia with us, or with the terrorists? posted by: Jon h on 05.17.04 at 12:20 AM [permalink]Jon H: Yes. posted by: JorgXMcKie on 05.17.04 at 12:20 AM [permalink]This story reminds me of a quote attributed to Stanley Kubrick: "The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes." Post a Comment: |
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