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...metaphor for Iraq. But we'll pass along the percolating argument that Leonidas is George W. Bush. In brief: Over the protests of the highest government (the Ephors or the U.N.), a commander-in-chief goes to war with an undersize army against a formidable Middle-Eastern power. All so he could say, as Leonidas does: "We rescued a world from mysticism and tyranny...
...Just look at other major players in Texas oil. Many Houston companies and law firms have already boosted their Middle Eastern presence, including Halliburton's business rivals, Baker Hughes and Schlumberger. Baker Hughes is building a regional headquarters and manufacturing center in the UAE and Schlumberger has a training center. Just one day after Lesar's announcement, Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he will attend a three- day celebration marking the opening of permanent buildings at the Texas A&M University at Qatar, set to graduate its first engineering class in 2007 - evidence that the oil and gas industry will...
...group that mass culture has stereotyped, literally, as walking time bombs. Stand-up is warfare by humorous means. Just look at the violent lingo: comedians slay a crowd, or they die. Four years into Iraq, the U.S. may finally be ready to meet a group of incisive Middle Eastern Americans who do anything but bomb. In fact, they kill...
Luckily, President Bush’s prayers for a solution to this Middle Eastern military fiasco have been answered. On March 2, Switzerland marched 170 infantry soldiers into neighboring principality Liechtenstein (population 35,000)—only to, according to The New York Times, “realize its mistake and turn back.” Liechtenstein forgave the Swiss their accidental invasion...
...recent visit, the battalion displayed an attention to detail and an esprit de corps quite startling to someone who has spent too much time around Middle Eastern armies. "We hope for the best but prepare for the worst," said Colonel Advitya Madan, the unit's commander, as he served tea with the battalion silver, which also includes tug-of-war trophies from the 1930s. Then he went off to drill the battalion, which was waiting on the parade ground in full dress uniform, in preparation for a medal ceremony to be held several weeks away...