Friday, May 06, 2016
TWE
“Discontinuation of Practice”
Came the notice via all electronic media.
But several things pending which couldn't
proceed without their approval.
We had to each chip in to hire a fixer.
He had headed up the Bureau in the past.
“They've changed everything!” he complained.
Code for they've changed nothing, but he
required more cash.
Somehow, all the proper balances got struck,
mostly due to his obeisances to former underlings.
Ending with a showy kowtow televised world-wide.
The great big thing: we didn't get into TWE, the
Trouble Without Extraction.
Where you only learn where the bodies are
buried as you’re about to join them.
Labels: bribery, bureaucracy, bureaucratic emergency, deference, Diplomacy, kowtow, obeisance, pecking order
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Diplomacy
-Hold in place! The attack is off. A deal has been struck!
-When do we go home then?
-Never. You’re to do a 180 and attack our now-hated allies--back there Black-Marketing and worse.
Why, let me tell you about...!
-Don’t! I’m a soldier, not a politician.
-That’s what we’re counting on.
-Hold in place! The attack is off. A deal has been struck!
-When do we go home then?
-Never. You’re to do a 180 and attack our now-hated allies--back there Black-Marketing and worse.
Why, let me tell you about...!
-Don’t! I’m a soldier, not a politician.
-That’s what we’re counting on.
Labels: allies, betrayal, black market, Diplomacy, modern war, politician, soldier, war
