Friday, December 09, 2005

The Balkans: From Invention To Intervention

- I think the best way is to become the 51st state of the U.S.
- Excellent. But how do we do that?
- We declare war on the U.S.
- And then?
- Then, they take us seriously; they invade us; they occupy us; they set us straight.
- Brilliant. And what if we win?


(in Buckley, William Joseph; 2000: "Kosovo - Contending Voices on Balkan Interventions", p.159)

Via:
Dawn of the herd

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