Which Way Up Does The Map Go Again?

[liadnan]

Reading the up to date report on the Royal Navy personnel in Iranian custody I was struck by the words:

"A Ministry of Defence spokesman said the boats were being used to train the Iraqi river patrol service, and may have strayed across the maritime border by mistake."

If this cockup is an example of the level of training we're going to be giving said river patrol service, we'd better be ready for the Iran-Iraq war to break out again...

Comments

[fairymelusine.livejournal.com]

As I've been devouring all of the political paranoia books that are popping up over here of the 'this is all Reagan's fault' variety ... I'm already completely convinced it is merely a matter of time ...

I'll be in the bomb shelter, re-reading back copies of Bloom County now that I finally get all the jokes ...

[liadnan]

"We're all doomed I tell you, doomed.." becomes less funny the more plausible one feels it is...

[fairymelusine.livejournal.com]

I try so very hard to stay passively ignorant so I can sleep at night ... but my conscience got the better of me recently.


I miss my ignorance.

[rparvaaz.livejournal.com]

Well, if it's any consolation, nobody is in any rush to reach the doom. So we'd all prolly be able to live our lives without actually seeing the end of the world. Probably.

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

all seems to have blown over (http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,12858,1245425,00.html).