Bushism? Why yes please
As I've said before, I can't get enough of Volokh's objections to Bushisms of the day. And there's one to today's Bushism of the day:
"After all, Europe is America's closest ally."
As the saying goes, with allies like this...Anyway, I'm short on time so I'll succinctly explain why this is funny. It's about as accurate as "Mission accomplished." Volokh thinks, "Yet surely saying that Europe is our closest ally is just the time-honored and quite reasonable diplomatic trope of talking about aspirations of friendship as reality." No, it's more like living in your own warped sense of reality, hence why it's laugh out loud funny. (Remember: "He forgot Poland.")
I wonder if John Howard will take offense at this continental snuff?
I'm tempted to award Volokh 0.5 point in this round because he correctly pointed out that Europe can mean the European Union (or at least our NATO allies from Europe). Eh, why not.
Slate 4.5, Volokh 0.5
"After all, Europe is America's closest ally."
As the saying goes, with allies like this...Anyway, I'm short on time so I'll succinctly explain why this is funny. It's about as accurate as "Mission accomplished." Volokh thinks, "Yet surely saying that Europe is our closest ally is just the time-honored and quite reasonable diplomatic trope of talking about aspirations of friendship as reality." No, it's more like living in your own warped sense of reality, hence why it's laugh out loud funny. (Remember: "He forgot Poland.")
I wonder if John Howard will take offense at this continental snuff?
I'm tempted to award Volokh 0.5 point in this round because he correctly pointed out that Europe can mean the European Union (or at least our NATO allies from Europe). Eh, why not.
Slate 4.5, Volokh 0.5
posted by Armen Adzhemyan at 9:41 PM
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