Comments on: Lessons Learned http://cominganarchy.com/2007/04/06/lessons-learned/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:02:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Michael http://cominganarchy.com/2007/04/06/lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-366640 Michael Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:01:18 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2007/04/06/lessons-learned/#comment-366640 My take: EVERYBODY has been on edge and trying to keep things from spiralling out of control without actually giving up any advantage. Handing anybody the prize cup is premature. My take: EVERYBODY has been on edge and trying to keep things from spiralling out of control without actually giving up any advantage. Handing anybody the prize cup is premature.

]]> By: Jing http://cominganarchy.com/2007/04/06/lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-359124 Jing Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:53:06 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2007/04/06/lessons-learned/#comment-359124 The only lesson I've drawn from this whole sound and fury episode is that poor Albion is but a shadow of what she used to be. A once beautiful woman past her prime yet clinging still to the illusion that her body is anything other than a dessicated husk. A hundred years past, she would have taught the wogs what for to the tune of 60 pounders and Enfields. Now? Now she is humbled so far as to say please. The only lesson I’ve drawn from this whole sound and fury episode is that poor Albion is but a shadow of what she used to be. A once beautiful woman past her prime yet clinging still to the illusion that her body is anything other than a dessicated husk.

A hundred years past, she would have taught the wogs what for to the tune of 60 pounders and Enfields. Now? Now she is humbled so far as to say please.

]]> By: Guerras Posmodernas » Blog Archive » Lecciones de la crisis de rehenes en Irán http://cominganarchy.com/2007/04/06/lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-358905 Guerras Posmodernas » Blog Archive » Lecciones de la crisis de rehenes en Irán Sun, 08 Apr 2007 01:06:33 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2007/04/06/lessons-learned/#comment-358905 [...] Moeh en un renovado Guerra y Paz repasa la crisis paso a paso. ComingAnarchy.com recoge una batería de conclusiones de blogs y think tanks. [...] [...] Moeh en un renovado Guerra y Paz repasa la crisis paso a paso. ComingAnarchy.com recoge una batería de conclusiones de blogs y think tanks. [...]

]]> By: Younghusband http://cominganarchy.com/2007/04/06/lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-357284 Younghusband Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:28:01 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2007/04/06/lessons-learned/#comment-357284 See "Karim's talk on C-SPAN":http://www.c-span.org/rss/video.asp?MediaID=30411 and "Hoder's criticisms":http://hoder.com/weblog/archives/015940.shtml on the Karim of late. See Karim’s talk on C-SPAN and Hoder’s criticisms on the Karim of late.

]]> By: Dave Schuler http://cominganarchy.com/2007/04/06/lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-356291 Dave Schuler Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:24:35 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2007/04/06/lessons-learned/#comment-356291 The last two quotations were right on the money. It's possible that people in the region view this as a triumph for Iran. I simply have no idea. But how does this play in the UK? France? Germany? Most importantly, how does it play in Beijing? I doubt that it will do much to bolster the idea that Iran is a serious, reliable trading partner. Especially not when they're able to boost the price of their primary export by fomenting an incident. The last two quotations were right on the money. It’s possible that people in the region view this as a triumph for Iran. I simply have no idea.

But how does this play in the UK? France? Germany? Most importantly, how does it play in Beijing? I doubt that it will do much to bolster the idea that Iran is a serious, reliable trading partner. Especially not when they’re able to boost the price of their primary export by fomenting an incident.

]]> By: A.E. http://cominganarchy.com/2007/04/06/lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-355998 A.E. Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:29:59 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2007/04/06/lessons-learned/#comment-355998 Karim's comment is the most astute. In the long run, Iran's interests are not being served by these charades. However, it's very hard to tell who's charge these days---"Mahmoud the Magnanimous," the Guardian Council, the Basji, etc. This seizure is as much about Iranian domestic politics as it is about the larger Middle East, and I think the primary benefit that the Iranian president got was a boost in the factional battles. Karim’s comment is the most astute. In the long run, Iran’s interests are not being served by these charades. However, it’s very hard to tell who’s charge these days—”Mahmoud the Magnanimous,” the Guardian Council, the Basji, etc. This seizure is as much about Iranian domestic politics as it is about the larger Middle East, and I think the primary benefit that the Iranian president got was a boost in the factional battles.

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