Kathianne
08-14-2008, 01:41 PM
I do think he means well, I think Chamberlain did too. Sarkozy though will make it for another try to get it right. I found this post funny:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2I0NzU0NzY3NTJjMzhjNTBlOGE2NDJhYWE0ZTE4NDQ=
Royal Humor [John Derbyshire]
I can't imagine why, but Kathleen Parker's "Or Should We Send Paris?" (http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGE3MGYwMDlmMGY2N2JhNDhiMWJkNWIwOTdkZDY1MmE=) post brought to mind the one and only joke ever attributed to King George V of England, who was not a humorous man.
In 1935 the British Foreign Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare went off to Paris (France) to negotiate the Hoare-Laval Pact (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoare-Laval_Agreement), which more or less acceded to Mussolini's demands in Ethiopia. British public opinion was so outraged, Hoare had to resign. Greeting his replacement, the King remarked: "No more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris."
If only the West understood as much history as the Russians do.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2I0NzU0NzY3NTJjMzhjNTBlOGE2NDJhYWE0ZTE4NDQ=
Royal Humor [John Derbyshire]
I can't imagine why, but Kathleen Parker's "Or Should We Send Paris?" (http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGE3MGYwMDlmMGY2N2JhNDhiMWJkNWIwOTdkZDY1MmE=) post brought to mind the one and only joke ever attributed to King George V of England, who was not a humorous man.
In 1935 the British Foreign Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare went off to Paris (France) to negotiate the Hoare-Laval Pact (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoare-Laval_Agreement), which more or less acceded to Mussolini's demands in Ethiopia. British public opinion was so outraged, Hoare had to resign. Greeting his replacement, the King remarked: "No more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris."
If only the West understood as much history as the Russians do.