[LINK] OT - definition of coalition

[Ann Moffatt]

i picked this one up too. the whole war is getting very star wars. the
coalition against the regime.

we rarely now (well for the past few days) hear the words sadam or al qieda
etc as the enemy only the regime. its used by usa soldiers in interviews
too. the usa briefings are not using the term 'usa' but are using 'the
coalition'. maybe this sounds less like people killing each other.

peace

annm
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachel Polanskis" <grove at zeta.org.au>
To: "Jan Whitaker" <jwhit at melbpc.org.au>
Cc: <link at anu.edu.au>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [LINK] OT - definition of coalition


> On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>
> > "In "The Devil's Dictionary" of the American humorist Ambrose Bierce,
> > published some 100 years ago, "coalition" is defined as the cooperation
> > between two thieves who have their hands so deep in each others pockets
> > that they cannot rob a third person separately."
> >
> > One wonders which is which in this tri-sided arrangement.....
>
> Funny, Robert (my partner) and I were discussing this the other day
> and I had come to the conclusion that any group that calls itself
> a coalition cannot be trusted.   We also figured that a coalition
> was actually comprised of minorities who join forces because they are too
weak
> individually to influence a majority view.  Coalitions also seem to
> be full of ideologues who would have no power to employ their points
> of view otherwise.
>
>
> rachel
>
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