June 16, 2004
EL CID ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE (via Bob Tremblay):
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,122742,00.html Is Spain's Withdrawal Medal-Worthy? (David Asman, 6/15/04, Fox News)
Generals don't usually get medals for organizing a retreat.But in Spain they do, or at least the defense minister did. Jose Bono was recently given a medal for the role he played in pulling Spanish troops out of Iraq. [...]
The Cross of Military Merit, which Defense Minister Bono was to receive for organizing the retreat of Spanish forces, entitles the recipient to wear a white sash and be addressed as, "Your most excellent lordship."
Sash? Shouldn't it be a feather boa? Posted by Orrin Judd at June 16, 2004 4:43 PM
Is this a Monty Python skit?
Posted by: Robert Duquette at June 16, 2004 6:16 PMPost-modernist machismo?
Posted by: Barry Meislin at June 17, 2004 2:51 AMthe recipient should be entitles to wear a "bulls eye" and be addressed as, "Pussy".
Remember every time Arab countries lost a war with Israel? They'd hold these great Victory Parades and Victory Celebrations in their capitals and hand out medals like party favors?
Posted by: Ken at June 18, 2004 3:01 PM