13-11-2009, 04:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 13-11-2009, 07:45 PM by Jan Klimkowski.)
David Guyatt Wrote:Ah, it begins to look like he broke ranks and is now being punished for doing so.
I suppose the old saw about those in glass houses throwing stones is appropriate here.
Then again I don't suppose any honest unimpeachable persons would be appointed to these types of positions in the first place, as there is no leverage over them.
Precisely.
It appears that Peter Galbraith was allowed his share of the pie, until he broke ranks.
He is now being punished to remind the others of the consequences of even the merest display of independent thought.
Btw - are we really meant to believe that noone knew nuffin, guv, about Galbraith's interests with a company looking to exploit Kurdish oilfields?
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war