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SeanG
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| Posted 3/19/2003 9:32 AM (GMT -6) |   | What Did You Do For St. Patties?
A few friends, my wife, and I went to the only Irish bar/restaurant in town, Mulligan’s. We went for dinner, and then for drinks… however, at dinner (around 8 pm) we were informed that they ran out of Harp’s beer, and that there were no fish and chips. When the waitress brought me my one and only Harp’s, before they ran out, she brought some of it in a Dixie cup, and told me to quickly drink what was in the bottle before she left. Obviously realizing that glass wasn’t allowed, and being a lover of beer, I quickly downed the un-poured portion. After this happened though, we talked about other avenues available to the waitress rather than the one chosen, that is, making a paying customer do something on command. She could have poured it into two Dixie cups, and let me drink at my own pace, this would have been the wiser of the two roads. At 8:30 pm we were informed that they ran out of Guinness.
At this point, we knew – along with the classic rock playing in the background, rather than Irish folk – after we ate, that we would take ourselves over to the little British pub in town, Bulldogs. Keep in mind I had a “Provisionales” shirt on, and my wife had a picture of an AK wielding man with “Unrepentant Fenian Bastard” written on the top, and underneath the words “Oglaigh Na hEireann,” which is old Irish dialect for something like, free Ireland, or close to. My friend was wearing a Sinn Fein shirt I bought him as well. All bought in jest at the Irish fair for St. Patties day, however, we were now entering a British pub with full support of the political and terrorist arms of the IRA in full view.
What we found though were quite a few fellow Irish, Irish folk songs blaring, soccer on three TV’s, and one hell of a Guinness poured from the tap, the best tasting way to have it (Mulligan’s didn’t have it on tap, just cans… when they did have it). The night wore on, and as a friend came back from the bar he mentioned that the two older chaps sitting at the bar were talking about the war. And the comment he overheard was that the Mexican army has killed more of their own innocent peoples that Saddam has his. Obviously, not happy with Bush’s decision. So after I emptied myself of about $12.00 worth of beer, I bellied up to the bar and started in…“But has Mexico invaded three countries and shot off missiles into five…” Of course they couldn’t respond where I went with that one. We talked of the al-Qaeda connections, and the like - I'm sure you can imagine it.
The older of the two mentioned that we should keep the inspectors and U. S. troops there as part of containment. That Saddam can be contained. After all, containment worked for 45 years against the more powerful Soviet Union. I responded that containing Saddam's military forces would require a permanent US military presence in the Middle East, something that Arab governments do not want – it is the U.S. presence in Saudi Arabia that has fuelled the rise of al-Qaeda. By contrast, while a US military occupation of Iraq may create some political tensions for a few years, that presence will not be indefinite, unlike the presence a containment strategy requires. The best argument the younger gentleman could make is that a gallon of milk cost more than a gallon of gas; maybe we should go to war over it next. The simplicity of this fellows mind was astounding. Astounding that the geo-political affairs of 45 nations backing our foreign policy with Iraq could be reduced to a cow in Maryland.
The night wore on, after a friend and I shot down argument after argument. The older gentleman and I went on to other things, Vietnam being one, as he was a veteran of that war. He mentioned the horrible practice of putting our troops in a circular cleared out area of the jungle, so the VC could lob grenades and ordinance into the center of the small town our troops had built. We talked of family, and work. All in all it was a good night.
It is ironic though, that no one really noticed my “Provisionals” shirt, as they would travel to the Middle East to be trained in camps run by al-Qaeda, or those who would become al-Qaeda.
Hope everyone’s was as fun and ironic as mine!
SeanG!"I quote others only the better to express myself." Michel de Montaigne
Edited by - SeanG on 03/19/2003 2:38:41 PM | | Back to Top | | |
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