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March 18, 2005
Friday Fragments
Assad The Lesser
If the question of Syria can be reduced to one or two factors, then Joe Klien's interview with Charlie Rose provided a good portion of the clue. Bashir Assad is getting pimpslapped around by area leaders as well as elements within his own country and government. As a president second guessed by his own government, suddenly Syria doesn't seem so dangerous. On the other hand, it becomes a bit less predictable. From now on, assign few calculated moves to Syria.
Powell The Lesser
It seem remarkable how seldom we've actually heard from Michael Powell these past 8 years. Now that he's heading out of the FCC, he can surely have just about any job in the world.
The Fabulous McCartneys
Notariety is a bear, but rarely have I seen such grace under pressure as that evidenced by the McCartney sisters in their NPR interview Wednesday. There's something about them which makes me think about English speakers as a civilization rather than as a bunch of disparate people around the world. It occurs to me that everyone's English has improved dramatically in the past 50 years, or at least American reporters are doing a better job at finding foreigners who speak well. Be that as it may, they exemplify with great precision the attitudes this White House has most certainly expected from Iraqis.
Posted by mbowen at March 18, 2005 08:13 AM
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Then again, Americans tend to think that anybody with a British accent is intelligent. :)
Posted by: Scott Ferguson at March 19, 2005 08:58 AM
...unless it's British comedy.
Posted by: Matt at March 19, 2005 05:52 PM
Point taken.
Posted by: Scott Ferguson at March 20, 2005 04:57 PM