tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10829781.post865997599871070499..comments2023-07-05T11:26:53.498+01:00Comments on A Big Stick and a Small Carrot: Cowboy Diplomacy Rides AgainGarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08188217045700587288noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10829781.post-81668545392031641902007-01-13T14:28:00.000+00:002007-01-13T14:28:00.000+00:00blair, I did get that. :0) I was just looking for ...blair, I did get that. :0) I was just looking for an excuse to mention that geeky Star Trek fact.Garryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188217045700587288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10829781.post-6820662683196865422007-01-12T19:33:00.000+00:002007-01-12T19:33:00.000+00:00please, I did not mean to criticize you, rather th...please, I did not mean to criticize you, rather the idiot you were referring to.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853097322768480291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10829781.post-72683630047674416482007-01-12T19:12:00.000+00:002007-01-12T19:12:00.000+00:00But surely the biased BBC...But surely the biased BBC...Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292436411579226284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10829781.post-7577630279325365762007-01-12T17:53:00.000+00:002007-01-12T17:53:00.000+00:00True Tom and the Independent covered it too. They ...True Tom and the Independent covered it too. They both have small circulations though.<br /><br />I really think this should be front page news and that TV news broadcasters should be giving this a lot more coverage. Bush may well have decided to set off down a path considerably more dangerous than the invasion of Iraq. Considering that possibility, the coverage has been pretty low key.Garryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188217045700587288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10829781.post-67865469301280461682007-01-12T16:46:00.000+00:002007-01-12T16:46:00.000+00:00Sorry blair, it wasn't my intention to offend. App...Sorry blair, it wasn't my intention to offend. Apparently, the modern popularity of this phrase is partly the fault of one <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_diplomacy">Jean-Luc Picard</a>. He used it to describe the actions of Ambassador Spock. Most illogical.<br /><br />redpesto, thanks for that. The quote from the aptly named McCarthy would be extremely funny if it wasn't for the seriousness of the situation. Just about to write a wee post on that.Garryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188217045700587288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10829781.post-74396718178131820482007-01-12T16:08:00.000+00:002007-01-12T16:08:00.000+00:00Re. that Irbil raid: this post at Salon discusses ...Re. that Irbil raid: <A HREF="http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/01/11/iran_consulate/index.html">this post</A> at <I>Salon</I> discusses whether it would constitute an act of war. Conclusiion: Only if Iran does it to the US:<br /><br /><I>Still, Kirgis said, [the Irbil raid] may not be the decisive stroke some have made it out to be, or at least not an "act of war," which is not a real term in international law anyway. Iran does have some options: It can protest -- which it has already done, to some degree, by calling in the ambassadors of Iraq and Switzerland, who serve as America's emissaries to Iran -- or it can claim the right of self-defense. If it does claim that right, though, any military response would need to be "proportional," Kirgis said. <br /><br />Andy McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor, sees the matter differently. In a post on the Corner, the conservative magazine National Review's blog, he lauded the raid as "welcome news," then wrote, "We would certainly regard [the raid] as an act of war if the tables were turned."</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10829781.post-54946827070444723162007-01-12T15:32:00.000+00:002007-01-12T15:32:00.000+00:00As I come from a long line of American cowboys, I ...As I come from a long line of American cowboys, I have to say that calling this travesty of a president anything recalling the noble cowboy is a huge discredit to all cowboys... living and dead.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853097322768480291noreply@blogger.com