18 troops head to Gulf region

The Globe and Mail ^ | Mar. 12, 2003 | ALLISON DUNFIELD

[Chemist_Geek]

In Texas the tradition is "one riot, one Ranger."

Maybe the Pricess Pats have something similar for wars.

In Canada, they have the tradition of "One riot, one Mountie." I agree with you that the PPs work in a somewhat similar manner.

[ought-six]

Well, maybe not a quarter. But I can swing a nickel.

[Interesting Times]

I'll come down to a dime. Final offer.

[ought-six]

Well, maybe not a quarter. But I can swing a nickel.

[Consort]

[baseballmom]

The Princess Pat's have a long and proud heritage.

We should be glad to have them aboard.

10-1 they are really pissed off at the decimation of their military, just as we were under the impeached X42.

God speed and good hunting to them.

[archy]

The Princess Pats have a long and proud heritage.

Indeed they do. But do not call them that to their faces.

*The Patricias* is the preferred term, though they'll sometimes refer to themselves as *The Pats* among themselves.

It takes rather a lot to impress the Gurkhas, but their opinion of the Patricias was that they were in that fairly stratospheric category. That's a reccomendation quite good enough for me.

[ought-six]

I accept your bet. A dime it is. Now pay up! LOL.

This morning it seems it is even MORE unlikely that we'll attack Iraq. I can't believe this, but once again Hussein gets to pull his stones out of the fire, and will be given another pass. This doesn't surprise me, though: This way, all parties get to claim some kind of victory: Hussein gets to stay in power; the internationalists get to crow that they prevented war; and the U.S. and U.K. can say if it hadn't been for the forces threatening Hussein this never would have come to pass. I'm afraid we'll only have to go through all this crap again in a five or so years. The main lesson we get from all of this is: U.S. MUST get out of the U.N.!!!!!