[lbo-talk] EU Draws Line in the Lebanese Sand

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Nov 10 08:45:00 PST 2006


On Nov 10, 2006, at 10:03 AM, Carl Remick wrote:


>> Eh? Is France going to shoot down an Israeli plane? Fat chance.
>
> [Apparently that chance has slimmed down:]
>
> French troops almost fired at Israel jets: minister

As the landlord of John Mage's building said back in the 1980s (as quoted in the Village Voice), after a chunk of ceiling fell and almost hit a tenant's infant daughter: "Almost doesn't count."

Doug



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