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2004-09-15 Caucasus

US ambassador's comments ruffles feathers in Tbilisi

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-09-15 1:52:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "And now, here's Vladimir with our AccuWeatherâ¢ forecast for the Pankisi Gorge."

"Thanks, Richard. Tomorrow's forecast: overcast with a 100% chance of heavy ordinance. Tough break for you golfers and jihadis."

Posted by The Caucasus Nerd 2004-09-15 2:28:40 AM|| 2004-09-15 2:28:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Will you take spitballs with that ordinance, Omar?

Posted by Capt America 2004-09-15 3:08:26 AM|| 2004-09-15 3:08:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I think what some diplomats and officials in other countries do not understand is that occasionally US Ambassadors will say what they think rather than what Foggy Bottom instructs them to do or say. The price of that is the occasion loose cannon but the gain is the occasional Ambassador that can tell FB or the WH that they are wrong in thier assesment of a situation

Posted by Cheaderhead 2004-09-15 6:18:04 AM|| 2004-09-15 6:18:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 CN, would that overcast be Aluminum Overcast by any chance? As in "an all up Aluminum Overcast Alpha Strike straight out of 1969"? That phrase popped up in my head for some reason...

Posted by N guard 2004-09-15 8:57:07 AM|| 2004-09-15 8:57:07 AM|| Front Page Top

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