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2003-04-11 International

Powell: Coalition âwill select Iraqi leadersâ

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Posted by Steve 2003-04-11 01:07 pm|| || Front Page|| [16 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Colin's baaacccckkkkk

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-11 13:16:04|| 2003-04-11 13:16:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Ah, and soon France and Belgium will be one...just like the sappy U2 song. Good-luck children.

Posted by defscribe 2003-04-11 13:17:20|| 2003-04-11 13:17:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Cheeze. Powell's comments to the UN read like your comments here, Frank. Or maybe Steve's. Or maybe most of us, distilled...

Posted by Fred 2003-04-11 13:20:42|| 2003-04-11 13:20:42|| Front Page Top

#4 de Villepin, Fischer and Ivanov just lost their best, maybe, only friend in this administration.

Posted by Former Russian Major 2003-04-11 13:20:58|| 2003-04-11 13:20:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Damn, I love it! You don't need a magnifying glass to read between those lines.

Posted by Dar 2003-04-11 13:33:54|| 2003-04-11 13:33:54|| Front Page Top

#6 I love a fine, distilled commentary myself...

Posted by Raj 2003-04-11 14:04:01|| [angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2003-04-11 14:04:01|| Front Page Top

#7 A.F.R! How Rantburgian! I have been waiting for a right-to-the-point-no-holds-barred statement like that for a long time. Time to ULULATE! Yee hah!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-04-11 14:41:11|| 2003-04-11 14:41:11|| Front Page Top

#8 I love it - Powell took the knife out of his back and put it into the guts of the Axis of Weasel.

A BRAVO performance by Colin Powell -- especially that last part!

Posted by OldSpook 2003-04-11 15:16:09|| 2003-04-11 15:16:09|| Front Page Top

#9 I haven't been a big fan of Colin Powell's before, but this makes up for all the slick-willie acting he did before. I'm glad he's finally taken off the silk gloves, and slapped on a pair of leather work gloves. He has some house-cleaning to do in his own department, but I think that will be easier now that he's proven to both President Bush and the American people he has THIS nation's interests at heart.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-04-11 15:42:13|| 2003-04-11 15:42:13|| Front Page Top

#10 Alaska Paul -- I just have to ask, what's A.F.R.? Ok, just the first letter and the last one, I think I know what the middle one stands for. ;)

Posted by Former Russian Major 2003-04-11 16:43:35|| 2003-04-11 16:43:35|| Front Page Top

#11 Fred - the only thing I can think of is Colin has read Rantburg, rejected State Dept Euroweenie advice and adopted our wisdom. Inshallah!

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-11 17:42:45|| 2003-04-11 17:42:45|| Front Page Top

#12 He should have said of course we'll be delighted to have the UN help, once they've proved they could handle it by improving Kosovo. Until then, no dice.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-04-11 20:05:36|| 2003-04-11 20:05:36|| Front Page Top

#13 Oh, yeah!

Posted by michael 2003-04-11 21:12:45|| 2003-04-11 21:12:45|| Front Page Top

#14 Former Russian Major:
A.F.R. abbrev. "All F***ing Right" intensified version of American idiom "All Right!"
Usage: "All Right!" is an often spontaneous expression of pleasure and approval of an outcome or achievement, usually external to the speaker. "All Right" goes beyond approval of correctness or favorable outcome to imply that the result was achived by overcoming obstacles (internal or external), or despite the sacrifice of "doing what's right" as opposed to "what's convenient" or "what's popular." Also may include an appreciation of achievement against odds. Examples: 1. Your high score on an exam would probably not rate an "All Right!" from your friends unless it followed long, dedicated effort to learn the material or happened despite partying until dawn the night before and showing up drunk. 2. In (American) football, when an interception by the defense on the last play of the game results in a touchdown that turns a loss into a win.

Alaska Paul's use of "A.F.R." here expresses it all: Approval, Pleasure, feelings of Obstacles Overcome, admiration for Doing the Right Thing Despite Political Advantage, etc...

Posted by Old Grouch 2003-04-11 22:13:11|| 2003-04-11 22:13:11|| Front Page Top

#15 Old Grouch -- better clear something up about my name on this board. I'm American, majored in Russian in college, hence the name.

I'll just change it now to "Baba Yaga". ;)

Thanks for the detailed explanation, though. I liked the first example, especially the "partying until dawn the night before and showing up drunk." Not that I've EVER done that. No. Never.

Posted by Baba Yaga (ex-Former Russian Major) 2003-04-11 22:50:23|| 2003-04-11 22:50:23|| Front Page Top

#16 Old Grouch---Could not have explained AFR better myself.

Alaska Paul, a.k.a. Pappa Pasha

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-04-12 00:03:35|| 2003-04-12 00:03:35|| Front Page Top

#17 Thanks guys! The outburst of pedantry resulted from an excess of spare time on a Friday night and Bulldog's earlier account of his confusion when he first encounterd the American expression "bum's rush." (Ask him about the different meanings of "knocked up" sometime.) Sometimes I feel our international readers may think we're talking in code! ;-)

Posted by Old Grouch 2003-04-12 16:40:19|| 2003-04-12 16:40:19|| Front Page Top

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