Jane Galt writes:
US Calls off UN VoteThe President will speak to the nation at 8 pm tonight.
Alea iacta est.
Can we lay off the Caesar-crossing-the-Rubicon-and-creating-an-empire quotes already, please? Even if you genuinely feel that the U.S. is going the way of Rome or (worse) George Lucas's old Republic, please, for the sake of us all, just stop. Find a different inappropriate historical analogy.
Blogging has been light because it turns out that for me, writing is incompatible with the heavy beer-drinking program I've been following here in Prague.
I can just feel your sympathy.
Anyway, a couple of quick Czech news notes follow, and then off to bed.
It looks like the Czech government hasn't decided yet about whether to commit its chemical decontamination team to the coming war in Iraq. They're pretty good, so I hope they can help us. Actually, I really hope that we don't wind up needing their help.
There was a bomb scare at the main railway station today, about three hours after I met somebody there.
And Canada won't come along without another UNSC resolution. Anyone surprised?