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2004-12-30 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2004-12-30 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So, what'd he do to get on the shit-list?

I presume he has a tailored message to deliver in each locale. I hope they are all strongly worded and, to make the points crystal clear, accompanied by photocopies from Jim Baker's briefcase.

Posted by .com 2004-12-30 1:32:08 AM|| 2004-12-30 1:32:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Armitage is the diplomatic equivalent of James Bond. An exceedingly dangerous individual, whose real purpose in government has been much the same no matter what official job he holds. He is the man who is sent when the US *threatens* other countries. He is realpolitik personified, and a master at brinkmanship. For example, when India and Pakistan were close to nuclear war, Armitage was sent, first to Pakistan, and then he flew directly to India, right over what was at that moment, the hottest AAA area on the planet. Neither side dared to shoot down his aircraft. He scared both sides back to the bargaining table, possibly threatening nuclear annihilation if one of them launched a nuke. He is 007. He is not sent for routine diplomatic missions.

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-12-30 11:21:23 AM|| 2004-12-30 11:21:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 PFFttttt 007, he looks more like a shithead to me, we'll rub his baldy and give him a bone that fits his bulldog face.

Posted by Murat 2004-12-30 11:31:46 AM|| 2004-12-30 11:31:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Murat - his crap could kick your ass. Punk

Posted by Frank G 2004-12-30 11:42:15 AM|| 2004-12-30 11:42:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Hell he could overrun a brigade of Turkish infantry faster than a Chinee company with advanced whiz bangs and bugles.

Posted by Shipman 2004-12-30 1:35:55 PM|| 2004-12-30 1:35:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Yea but come on guys, the guy is butt ugly.

Posted by Murat Sucks 2004-12-30 1:38:52 PM|| 2004-12-30 1:38:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I find Armitage strong in many areas, but he has historically made some truly asshead comments. My understanding is that he was the one to put the ultimatium to Pakistan post-9/11

Posted by Capt America 2004-12-30 1:44:57 PM|| 2004-12-30 1:44:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 What was the ultimatium Captain ?
Because if cooperation is what we received from it, it certainly wasn't bad

Posted by tex 2004-12-30 1:48:00 PM|| 2004-12-30 1:48:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Meet him at the airport, Murat. He'll headbutt your sorry ass til you cry like a girl...

Posted by tu3031 2004-12-30 1:50:53 PM|| 2004-12-30 1:50:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Was the gentleman ever a Marine?

Posted by trailing wife 2004-12-30 5:38:59 PM|| 2004-12-30 5:38:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 USNC grad, served in Vietnam, a close associate of Powell's through multiple Republican administrations.

Though it's also said he's an ICBM come to life. They don't have necks, either

Posted by lex 2004-12-30 5:44:04 PM|| 2004-12-30 5:44:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 high school or college wrestler IIRC - it shows

Posted by Frank G 2004-12-30 6:02:17 PM|| 2004-12-30 6:02:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 tu3031,

last time I met a general of yours at the airport I shot the sucker in his foot, this time I shoot mr dogface in hiss ass.

Boy this guy is really ugly, he doesn't need any make up to play a role in a 3rd class hollywood movie as the sucker bad guy

Posted by Murat 2004-12-30 6:04:08 PM|| 2004-12-30 6:04:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Murat, we know you're not a real person. Even your spelling mistakes are those of a bot.

Posted by lex 2004-12-30 6:08:27 PM|| 2004-12-30 6:08:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Did anyone mention that he was former Navy Seal?

Posted by Poison Reverse 2004-12-30 6:09:08 PM|| 2004-12-30 6:09:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Calm down, Murat, or we'll have to report you to the Umut Foundation.

Posted by Mike 2004-12-30 6:11:26 PM|| 2004-12-30 6:11:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Armitage has said he was not a SEAL, but rather a counter-insurgency officer.

Posted by true nuff 2004-12-30 6:16:38 PM|| 2004-12-30 6:16:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Murat: shot him in the foot, huh? Complete bowel and bladder release? yuch. Why would you be bragging about that? troll

Posted by Frank G 2004-12-30 6:19:05 PM|| 2004-12-30 6:19:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Face it dude, lately the Americans are unpopular in Turkey, in fact I should say everywhere outside your borders.

They should not send an ugly baldy to pep up the relations, send some nice looking chicks even Bridney would do much better than Kojak.

Posted by Murat 2004-12-30 6:38:18 PM|| 2004-12-30 6:38:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 buh-bye troll

Posted by Frank G 2004-12-30 6:49:57 PM|| 2004-12-30 6:49:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 I miss the original Murat. I was about to say I miss Boris. But that's not true.

Fred: Can you do anything about getting us some new trolls?

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2004-12-30 7:24:12 PM|| 2004-12-30 7:24:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 CL - Lol!

On certain topics, it appears we already have some new trolls, methinks. Talk about hot-button issues... pharmaceutical industry, death penalty, etc. Just brush the button and whammo!

Posted by .com 2004-12-30 7:30:14 PM|| 2004-12-30 7:30:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 Man, it would be nice to go to Turkey and get some cheap crank and hash, and really let loose.

Posted by Asedwich 2004-12-30 7:32:10 PM|| 2004-12-30 7:32:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 Chineese hate Turks and kill them with ease, using advanced whiz bangs, zipees and bugles. LOL!

Posted by Shipman 2004-12-30 8:05:20 PM|| 2004-12-30 8:05:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 Face it dude, lately the Americans are unpopular in Turkey, in fact I should say everywhere outside your borders.

Murat, pay attention here. There's a fine point of American history that you (and many others, including the entire EU and some of our very own domestic Leftists) appear not to appreciate properly.

The U.S. is often described as a "nation of immigrants." This is key.

For the most part, most of us are monumentally indifferent to how the rest of the world's power elites and opinion leaders think of us. That's because we're the descendants of the people who moved here to get away from the power elites and opinion leaders in their former countries. They were the people that the power elites and opinion leaders oppressed, or at least looked down on and considered the wretched of the Earth.

Well, the people who packed up and came to the U.S. didn't get mad, they got even. They went on, in the freedom of the New World, to surpass the achievements of the Old--and to rescue it from itself a few times over the last century.

In short, Br'er Turk, WE DO NOT CARE.

Posted by Mike 2004-12-30 9:29:55 PM|| 2004-12-30 9:29:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 pretty obviously not the old Murat - better engrish, vernacular ("face it dude"), less thought....

weak-ass effort.

Posted by Frank G 2004-12-30 9:47:51 PM|| 2004-12-30 9:47:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#27 Aris uses "dude" -- hmmmm.

Posted by Tom 2004-12-30 9:50:18 PM|| 2004-12-30 9:50:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#28 send some nice looking chicks even Bridney would do much better than Kojak

Fred, also could you try to find a real Turk instead of Ameri-trolls raised on 1970s Greek-American TV action heroes and 1970s slang?

chicks - LOL

Posted by lex 2004-12-30 10:00:04 PM|| 2004-12-30 10:00:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#29 My Big Fat ~~Greek~~Turkey Wedding.

Where is my Windex?

Posted by Poison Reverse 2004-12-30 11:08:04 PM|| 2004-12-30 11:08:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#30 Tex: Let's be clear. The ultimatium to Prev was given by Armitage and one other person (don't recall the other person off hand). Prev knew that Armitage was the conduit for Bush, and that he really had no other recourse. Armitage was the message carrier, not the message originator.

Armitage is so in tight with Powell, that some refer to him as a klingon. He is not alone. There are many in the military who grew to admirer Powell.

My preference is Josh Bolton over Armitage.

Posted by Capt America 2004-12-30 11:23:26 PM|| 2004-12-30 11:23:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#31 Actually, a Greek would probably be better acquainted with Telly Savalas aka Kojak than any American under 35 years of age.

Posted by lex 2004-12-30 11:27:22 PM|| 2004-12-30 11:27:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#32 Armitage is a decent guy but basically a plodder. He's ridden on Powell's coattails for most of his career and is part of the "overwhelming force" anti-democracy promotion beltway faction that the State Dept's arabists love so much.

Time for him to move on, IMHO.

Posted by lex 2004-12-30 11:29:34 PM|| 2004-12-30 11:29:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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