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| The Dogs in the nighttime... |
| 2003-02-07 |
| Sometimes, what DOESN'T happen can be just as sigificant (or moreso) as what DOES happen. I refer to Richard Perle's speech where he stated that France is no longer an ally." In my comment, I had indicated that the State Department had yet to be heard from, and that silence could be considered agreement with Mr. Perle. Two days have passed, and there's not been a word from State to modify, soften, or distance the USA from Perle's speech. Even Pravda has had time to evaluate the speech and comment upon it. Like Sherlock Holmes' famous observation about what "The Hounds of the Baskervilles" did in the nighttime (Watson: "The Dogs did nothing in the nighttime." Holmes: "THAT was the curious incident."), I take the silence of State as significant. I may be wrong and they may have said something. Anybody else heard anything from State about this? |
| Posted by:Ptah |
| #10 My apologies. It IS "Silver Blaze". I'd read all of Doyle's stuff in my Teens, (3 decades+ ago. I'm getting ooooold!) |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-02-08 06:08:12 |
| #9 I think that this France-German backstab is going to be treated strategically the same way the US did to the fortified Japanese bases of Rabaul and Truk during WWII in the Pacific. We are going to bypass them and leave them to wither on the vine...unless they change their ways. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-02-07 20:36:07 |
| #8 Whether Rumsfeld says "Old Europe" or equates Lybia, Cuba, and Germany together(with mentioning France which may is significant in itself), the Administration is totally quiet. I think the doublecross France laid on Powell made him so furious that nobody within State dares to say anything about France for fear of incurring the wrath of the boss. |
| Posted by: john 2003-02-07 18:39:53 |
| #7 It's worth noting here that in Thursday Night's Letterman show, Tom Brokaw quoted a bumper sticker, "First Iraq, then France". |
| Posted by: Dishman 2003-02-07 14:42:05 |
| #6 The famous Holmes exchange is from neither "The Hound of the Baskervilles" nor (as Anonymous thought) "The Musgrave Ritual," but another all-time classic: "Silver Blaze." |
| Posted by: David Hines 2003-02-07 10:18:43 |
| #5 Perhaps Pravda needs to re-read their Doyle...I think that phrase about the dog in the night does not refer to The Hound of the Baskervilles...but a short story titled "Silver Blaze". Not sure, though. Gettin' old. |
| Posted by: Quana 2003-02-07 10:17:03 |
| #4 Wrong Holmes story - definitely not the Hound of the Baskervilles. Can't recall the title, but it had to do with drowned maids, missing butlers, and trigonometric measurment of tree heights. Oh, and Charles I's missing crown... |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-02-07 10:06:01 |
| #3 There was a report that a spokesman from State said "Of course they're our ally". Not sure where, and it was about as brief as this comment. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-02-07 09:57:02 |
| #2 I forgot to add a disclaimer: Feel free to delete if you think this is OT. However, this is a solicitation for information to be posted on Rantburg. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-02-07 09:56:34 |
| #1 I think that this France-German backstab is going to be treated strategically the same way the US did to the fortified Japanese bases of Rabaul and Truk during WWII in the Pacific. We are going to bypass them and leave them to wither on the vine...unless they change their ways. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2/7/2003 8:36:07 PM |