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2004-10-25 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2004-10-25 8:43:03 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The queen appeals to Muslim moderates. Shouldn't take long.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2004-10-25 8:47:23 PM|| 2004-10-25 8:47:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Say it in Jordan in Arabic. Then we can talk.

Posted by ed 2004-10-25 8:52:21 PM|| 2004-10-25 8:52:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I was disinvited from a reception for this self-same Queen Noor (formerly Lisa Halaby) a few years ago after I let it be known that I would address her as "ma'am" rather than as "your majesty" if the opportunity arose.
Our printed instructions had specified the latter form, even though "ma'am" is perfectly acceptable for the honest-to-god Queen of England in casual conversation.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-10-25 9:05:43 PM|| 2004-10-25 9:05:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I've never met Her Majesty, the honest-to-god Queen of England, but I did meet Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, a very friendly and likable chap who is not above a joke at his own expense. He is a pilot and sometimes flies for KLM.
One time a lady came up to him after a flight. Apparently assuming that he was British, she asked in English, "Sir, did you know that you are the very image of our Dutch Crown Prince?"
He responded, "You flatter me ma'am, but I am sure that a prince would be more handsome."

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-10-25 9:20:38 PM|| 2004-10-25 9:20:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 ..also told The Associated Press in an interview that Washington should tone down its militaristic approach to the Middle East.

This may happen the day that large numbers of people over there knock off their loudmouthed rhetoric about killing "infidels" (read: us) and purge from their systems their seeming ingrained propensity to blame others for their own self-inflicted problems. Any seeming "militaristic" approach to the Middle East has come about for a reason; it didn't materialize out of thin air.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-25 10:28:33 PM|| 2004-10-25 10:28:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd hit it..... couple drinks, Lisa?

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-25 10:31:00 PM|| 2004-10-25 10:31:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 One and only one question:

Why wasn't this statement issued three years ago?

End of story.

Posted by Zenster 2004-10-25 11:16:45 PM|| 2004-10-25 11:16:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 uncomfortable clash of ~~civilizations~~ levels of moral equivalence?

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-25 11:21:16 PM|| 2004-10-25 11:21:16 PM|| Front Page Top

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