Word: figs
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...everyone's happy. But we're not Europeans: we can't simply light up a Gauloise, unfold a copy of our partisan newspaper and jadedly admit that bias is inevitable--c'est la guerre! Boy-Scoutishly, we feel this is wrong, cynical, corruptly Old World. We need a fig leaf. Our news must call itself "unfiltered" or "fair and balanced." It must flatter both our world view and our belief in our fairness...
Many people have argued in favor of a U.N.-controlled occupying force to help bring stability and democracy in Iraq. Yet the U.N. has repeatedly proven itself to be nothing more than a fig-leaf for U.S. imperialism, providing the veneer of international support for naked U.S. aggression. Since the war’s official end, the U.N, has only served to justify the U.S.-controlled occupation. The unanimous Security Council vote on Thursday approved the U.S. plan for Iraq, ensuring that the Coalition Provisional Authority will remain the main power in Iraq for some time to come. The architects...
...from liberals and conservatives, politicians and policy experts alike. There is gathering political, military and diplomatic pressure to find an Iraqi exit strategy by next spring. Given Iraq's fragility, any perceived weakening of American resolve could lead to disaster. Even so, don't be surprised if some modified, fig-leafed version of the Aiken scenario comes to pass...
...from liberals and conservatives, politicians and policy experts alike. There is gathering political, military and diplomatic pressure to find an Iraqi exit strategy by next spring. Given Iraq's fragility, any perceived weakening of American resolve could lead to disaster. Even so, don't be surprised if some modified, fig-leafed version of the Aiken scenario comes to pass...
...latter could take a while, though, because there's plenty on offer at Eumundi, with around 300 stalls spread under the shade of vast Moreton Bay Fig trees on market days. Friendly stallholders sell local produce (everything from mangoes to organic jams to macadamia-nut coffee) as well as a rich array of local art, handicrafts, New Age exotica and colorful clothing. If you think you might look fetching in hemp, this is the place for you, baby...