Yes, seems as though they're attempting to trade
on T. E. Lawrence's poetics... why not his "wisdom"?
For me, the seven pillars of wisdom came to mind, although this is
long ago and faraway
On 11/30/05, Gerald Schwartz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thank you Vincent, Douglas.
>
> Yes: the eight pillars, each for
> "victory" are housed in the
> appendix of the Victory
> (In/Of/Over/Against) Iraq,
> released by the White House today.
> A succatash of insurgent/counter-
> insurgency...
>
> > Yes, Gerald.
> > What are the "8 pillars." ?
> >
> > S Hersch in this week's New York is the man to read on our Godforsaken
> > True
> > Believer. Spooky times. Will it not be curious if both Cheney and Bush
> > are
> > run out of office before the end of their terms. No one thinks Cheney (o
> > those health problems) will go past the midterm elections. The damage
> > done.
> >
> > Stephen V
> >
> >> ISOLATE ENGAGE BUILD
> >>
> >> CLEAR HOLD BUILD
> >>
> >> RESTORE REFORM BUILD
> >>
> >> Our strategy is
> >> conditions-based VICTORY
> >> and I fear it'll take as much
> >> time as it takes for Georg Groz
> >> to sketch a skeleton dancing
> >> with a woman high above
> >> the eight pillars
> >>
> >> to fail
> >>
> >> --Gerald Schwartz
> >
>
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