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Comparing Bush to French military general Georges Boulanger, known for his public appearances on horseback and in full military uniform, Krugman explains: “Boulanger became immensely popular. If he hadn’t lost his nerve on the night of the attempted putsch, French democracy might have ended in 1889.” In case the logical connection between Bush donning a flight suit and Boulanger plotting a coup isn’t clear, Krugman slyly asks, “Has ‘man on horseback’ politics come to America...
...further encouraged when a group of local Shi'ites said they wanted to join the fight against Saddam. Both sides agreed to convene at the city center, and tanks were sent to secure the area. The site, it turned out, was dwarfed by a giant statue of Saddam on horseback. Lieut. Colonel Ben Hodges, the brigade commander, got an idea. After confirming that the statue really was of Saddam, he had engineers wrap the base with explosives. Then he waited...
...surely his other half, his alter ego, the soldier's soldier who can rein in the supercivilian and gently remind him that battles are won not with dash but usually with numbers. If Afghanistan had been fought Rumsfeld's way, we might still have commandos mounting up on horseback to hunt down the Taliban. If the war had been fought Franks' way, we might have nabbed Osama bin Laden a long time ago--but only by having 100,000 G.I.s in position beforehand. It's a slight exaggeration to say Franks and Rummy are a bit like the tortoise...
...dawn the staff leads guests on horseback to the pyramids and the Sphinx. Before the sun gets too high, you can play tennis on real clay courts and then spend the afternoon poolside in a courtyard framed by palms and with a pyramid view. Chateaubriand for two ($29) is served in the ornate Al Rubayatt restaurant. And a fine place to end the evening is the Mamluk Bar, which buzzes with a crowd of international characters who seem to have walked off the set of Casablanca...
...dawn the staff leads guests on horseback to the pyramids and Sphinx. Before the sun gets too high, you can play tennis on real clay courts and then spend the afternoon poolside in a courtyard framed by palms and with a pyramid view. Chateaubriand for two ($29) is served in the ornate Al Rubayatt restaurant. And a fine place to end the evening is the Mamluk Bar, which buzzes with a crowd of international characters who seem to have walked off the set of Casablanca...