This from Austin Bay, via Glenn Reynolds, made me chuckle a bit:
"General Murphy is always at work. If it can go wrong it will. Murphy’s Law affects everything but it rules warfare. War is the effort where everything goes wrong — Clausewitz’ concept of friction recognizes this. It’s why perseverance and will are the traits of victors. I’ve dealt with Iraq’s creaky infrastructure –it’s frustrating. But from now on every mid-level Iraqi ministry is going to smile when a US diplomat or reporter asks him how his reconstruction and maintenance operations are going. The sharp tongued will say: 'Our parliament’s microphones work.' "
Ha! "Sure we've got problems, but damn it, when we do have meetings, our microphones work! What do you say to that?!"
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Yeah, I thought it was funny, too. Hey, you find your pride where you can. It sounded almost . . . French.
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