The Sunday Times (London), August, 1920

illflem

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Wed Dec-29-04 02:55 PM
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The Sunday Times (London), August, 1920

“The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor. They have been tricked into it by a steady withholding of information. The Baghdad communiqués are belated, insincere, incomplete. Things have been far worse than we have been told, our administration more bloody and inefficient than the public knows... We are today not far from a disaster.”
TE Lawrence (of Arabia fame) The Sunday Times, August, 1920.

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ET Awful

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Wed Dec-29-04 02:57 PM
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1. What was it that that one guy said about history or whatever, you know

the part about if you don't learn from it you're doomed to do something or other. Damn I wish I could remember what he said.

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brindis_desala

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Wed Dec-29-04 03:01 PM
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2. Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

-George Santayana

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ET Awful

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Wed Dec-29-04 03:07 PM
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3. I forgot to use my sarcasm marker :) n/t

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Jackpine Radical

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Wed Dec-29-04 06:01 PM
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8. Don't you hate it when people miss your sarcasm?

Not that I would know anything about that first hand, of course.

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ET Awful

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Wed Dec-29-04 09:24 PM
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9. No, I love it when the miss my sarcasm :)

You did know that was sarcasm right? :)

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Jackpine Radical

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Thu Dec-30-04 10:41 AM
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10. It isn't good sarcasm unless at least one dullard alerts on you.

I've actually had that happen a couple of times.

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GetTheRightVote

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Wed Dec-29-04 03:17 PM
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4. As long as you have poor leaders such as * you are doomed to repeat

History, is what he should have said.

:kick:

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liberal N proud

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Wed Dec-29-04 03:21 PM
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5. You will never see the Reich Wing Media Whores in this democracy

write such things, it would not be good to say anything negative about the regime.

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DemoTex

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Wed Dec-29-04 04:01 PM
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6. Here is a link to the entire T.E. Lawrence article:

http://www.gwpda.org/1918p/mesopo.html

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RuleofLaw

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Wed Dec-29-04 04:38 PM
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7. One of the best movies ever made:

Lawrence of Arabia with my favorite actor Peter O'Toole

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