Wednesday, April 05, 2006
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BayouBuzz.com - Louisiana Politics and News: "Condoleezza Rice�s Napoleon Complex Over Iraq
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Author: Sarah Whalen 4/2/2006Home : Politics
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Did U.S. Secretary of State Condi Rice say the Bush Administration�s made 'thousands of tactical errors' in Iraq, but the 'right strategic decision?'
Or is that Napoleon, speaking through Condi from the grave as Hillary channeled Eleanor Roosevelt?
Actually, perhaps it would be wise to get Nappy on the psychic red phone. They could have a heck of a discussion about taking on the Middle East�.
Napoleon was a great warrior in battle, and he and his soldiers did leave their mark on the Middle East�their graffiti abounds on Egypt�s mosques, pyramids and citadel. Napoleon also relieved the Middle East he 'conquered' in 1798 of a bunch of neat obelisks now centering ritzy Paris boulevards and some very nice art and antiquities now sitting in the Louvre�looting and pillaging being that 'messy' democratic element even then.
But is the Middle East any more French today for Napoleon having conquered it?
Kinda. Sorta. But not in the dramatic way that Condi and her fellow fellow thinkers envision.
You can hear French spoken in Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and sometimes in Egypt and elsewhere; there�s a smattering of French civil law limping about; and every once in a while, the odd architectural element pops out at you when you least expect it. And you can usually rustle up some very nice cui"
World/US
Author: Sarah Whalen 4/2/2006Home : Politics
Also By this Reporter: Condoleezza Rice�s Napoleon Complex Over Iraq
Face It Dick Cheney: Resign Now
Who killed Pat Tillman?
If Whittington Shot Dick Cheney
Take Arab Out of Gulf Emirates Ports
Dick Cheney Witless Over Whittington
Did U.S. Secretary of State Condi Rice say the Bush Administration�s made 'thousands of tactical errors' in Iraq, but the 'right strategic decision?'
Or is that Napoleon, speaking through Condi from the grave as Hillary channeled Eleanor Roosevelt?
Actually, perhaps it would be wise to get Nappy on the psychic red phone. They could have a heck of a discussion about taking on the Middle East�.
Napoleon was a great warrior in battle, and he and his soldiers did leave their mark on the Middle East�their graffiti abounds on Egypt�s mosques, pyramids and citadel. Napoleon also relieved the Middle East he 'conquered' in 1798 of a bunch of neat obelisks now centering ritzy Paris boulevards and some very nice art and antiquities now sitting in the Louvre�looting and pillaging being that 'messy' democratic element even then.
But is the Middle East any more French today for Napoleon having conquered it?
Kinda. Sorta. But not in the dramatic way that Condi and her fellow fellow thinkers envision.
You can hear French spoken in Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and sometimes in Egypt and elsewhere; there�s a smattering of French civil law limping about; and every once in a while, the odd architectural element pops out at you when you least expect it. And you can usually rustle up some very nice cui"
