Ludowici. :)
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| Mongolian government collapses |
| 2006-01-14 |
| Mongolia's coalition government collapsed late on Friday after parliament voted to accept a mass resignation from the cabinet of Tsakhia Elbegdorj, the country's prime minister. Sanjaasuren Oyun, the leader of the minority Civil Will Party and a member of parliament, told AFP that parliament debated well into the night before ratifying Wednesday's mass resignation, a move that will lead to Elbegdorj's dismissal after less than two years in power. All 10 cabinet members belonging to the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP), which has dominated politics for most of the nation's 14 years of post-Soviet democracy, triggered the crisis when they resigned on Friday. Hundreds of angry protesters took to the streets of the capital, Ulan Bator, on Thursday in support of the prime minister, although the situation had eased on Friday after the deployment of police and security forces. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #26 Nimble> Exactly. I mean I'm having a hard time believing someone would christen their child "Nimble". |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2006-01-14 18:19 |
| #25 They are real people too, you know. Unlike some of the artificial people who comment here. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-01-14 18:15 |
| #24 Hummm.... thread is a little like Ludowici. :) |
| Posted by: 6 2006-01-14 19:45 |
| #23 Like I said, the original thread please ..... although commenting about me is at least better than commenting about other posters here LOL |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-01-14 19:30 |
| #22 Give her matches tonight and its Fahrenheit 451 all over again. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-01-14 19:28 |
| #21 Both contained personal insults. Let's get back to the original thread. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-01-14 19:23 |
| #20 lotp - IMHO - you redacted NS's comment in error |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-01-14 18:58 |
| #19 Okay, folks - this is already degenerating into namecalling. To avoid sucking up all Fred's bandwidth with a 100 comment post -- most of which consists of neener neener -- all comments that consist solely of insults and namecalling will be redacted. If you're going to snark at each other, take it up a level .... |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-01-14 18:42 |
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| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2006-01-14 18:19 |
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| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-01-14 18:15 |
| #16 Frank> No, really. |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2006-01-14 18:07 |
| #15 no shit |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-01-14 17:54 |
| #14 "Yeah, so?" The Mongols are probably affected. They are real people too, you know. |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2006-01-14 17:36 |
| #13 bigjim, How would you feel about, Mongolian Government Collapses; Chinese Troops to Provide Fraternal Assistance? |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-01-14 17:33 |
| #12 These people are very Pro Western, We would do well to support them as we are able. |
| Posted by: bk 2006-01-14 16:27 |
| #11 I guess they couldn't afford the ponies they gave Bush last year. Joking aside, I think C-Low has nailed it. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-01-14 16:04 |
| #10 Indeed a fiercely nationalistic Spemble might be just the ticket. Here's a ready-made acceptance speech. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-01-14 15:52 |
| #9 Prime Minister Spemble....I like the sound of that |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-01-14 12:56 |
| #8 Mongolian Government Collapses Yeah, so? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-01-14 11:57 |
| #7 Please save the ponies. Unlike horses they are smart. :P |
| Posted by: 6 2006-01-14 11:25 |
| #6 Mongolia's gone from being a "fraternal socialist" country whose primary function was to provide a place for the Soviets to keep the 39th Army to a fairly enthusiastically pro-Western country. They remain stuck with their historical problems of lack of natural resources and being a buffer state between the Russers and the Chinese. I hope they get their problem sorted out. They're a class above the 'stans, and if they get settled down great things will come of them. |
| Posted by: Fred 2006-01-14 09:39 |
| #5 The Chinese will go wherever they find weakness. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-01-14 08:54 |
| #4 I think in the long run most of the Stans are going to shift to China. Russia is just too damm weak and China is in near desperate straights to secure the natural resources that will allow them the ability to challenge the US. As it sits now the US would embargo blockade and the Chineese would crumble making a Tiawan offensive even succesfull too expensive. The Chineese I think are faking East but really looking west & North they need the natural resources and a weak Russia weaker Stans are ripe for pluking. I would not be surprised if this is found to have heavy Chineese fingers in it. |
| Posted by: C-Low 2006-01-14 08:28 |
| #3 IIRC there's been at least one Mongolian cadet among the foreign students at West Point. Impressive guy, thoughtful, smart and tough as nails. It would be valuable for us to have an ally right about that place on the map. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-01-14 07:20 |
| #2 And if they do, I'd appreciate it and will be suitably impressed. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-01-14 02:37 |
| #1 Would someone with a program like to elaborate upon this? Don't all of the Mongolian stories usually come adorned with the comrade sportin' the Red Star cap? |
| Posted by: .com 2006-01-14 02:27 |