Sorry for the lack of posts recently, I will dilate on the reasons later, but in the meantime I have been struck by the lack of posts on the 'Trot-lot' blogs on one particular subject. Of course, I cannot check every one of them but under my 'Favourites' list I have a considerable sub-list entitled 'Trot-lot' and a quick skim through this morning shows not a single mention of the Russo-Chinese veto of the UN resolution to conduct sanctions against the leaders in Zimbabwe. Whilst in the shower this morning I imagined the eruption of anger and outrage amongst the Brothers, Sisters and Comrades if the 'evil' triumvirate of Bush, Cheney and Rice had vetoed the proposition! Blogdom would have been engulfed in a tsunami of hatred and bile aimed at this piece of flagrant American support for a foul, thieving, murderous dictator.
Not that I blame the Russians and the Chinese. I have written here and elsewhere, many a time and oft', that morality plays no part in international affairs. Outraged 'Trots' have lambasted me for my insistence that the only thing which does, and should, rule foreign policy is national self-interest. But of course, their supposedly high standards are only ever applied to America and Britain. When other nations indulge in real-politik they simply ignore it. Still, I remain, as always, the happy-chappy optimist you all know and love, and so I hope - and hope springs eternal - that one or two of the 'soppy-Troties' will realise that the action of the Russians and Chinese was simply a furtherance of their national interest which aimed entirely at the demise of western power. Just like the Muslim fundamentalists, they hate us, not for what we do, but for what we are.
But what about the poor people of Zimbabwe, you ask, and all I can do is ask my Russian e-friend, Tatyana, to tell me what the Russion for 'get stuffed' is!
(By the way, I have to go and tidy the garage now but when I get back I'm going to give that 'Clairwil' a smack - and there's not many men prepared to try that on!)
Oh God! What have I done/ not done now?
Posted by: Clairwil | Sunday, 13 July 2008 at 14:47
Fear not! Sheer braggadocio - see above.
Posted by: David Duff | Sunday, 13 July 2008 at 21:01
Sorry for late reply: was preoccupied with trying to understand where the things are stashed in Wordpress (started new blog on their platform) and thus cut down on the surfing time.
There is a number of Russian expressions conveying general meaning of your proposition; nothing literal comes to mind, though, and what does is not suited for present [polite] company. Besides, Russian takes pride in extending the expression you use 2 words for into 2 pages; what would happen to your bandwidth?
Posted by: Tatyana | Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 02:53
Not to worry but I expect it sounds like: Noshterzeroknigradkopski!
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 08:50
Mmm...that sounds Magyar to me.
Actually, I can think of at least one 3-word Russian version, but I wouldn't dare to teach you that; given the current state of civil interaction in UK, I'd hate to be the cause of annoyance for some Russian thug you might anger.
Posted by: Tatyana | Wednesday, 16 July 2008 at 14:38