XPost: uk.politics.misc 
 From: incubus9536612@gmail.com 
  
 On 2019-07-13, Pamela  wrote: 
 > On 11:07  13 Jul 2019, Keema's Nan  wrote: 
 > 
 >> On 13 Jul 2019, Pamela wrote 
 >> (in article ): 
 >> 
 >>> On 08:40 13 Jul 2019, Ian Jackson 
 >>> wrote: 
 >>> 
 >>> > In message<0001HW.22D9288F002BB4A67000018152EF@news.giganews.com>, 
 >>> > Keema's Nan   writes 
 >>> > > On 12 Jul 2019, Ian Jackson wrote 
 >>> > > (in article <+b$nYvBG9OKdFwZ1@brattleho.plus.com>): 
 >>> > > 
 >>> > > > In message, Pamela 
 >>> > > >   writes 
 >>> > > > 
 >>> > > > > 
 >>> > > > > Nor should our ambassador be allowed to resign almost 
 >>> > > > > immediately because that causes considerable damage to 
 >>> > > > > Britain's image. 
 >>> > > > 
 >>> > > > No. 
 >>> > > > 
 >>> > > > "You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em 
 >>> > > > Know when to walk away and know when to run" 
 >>> > > 
 >>> > > Do you really think Trump would make any kind of decent poker 
 >>> > > player? If he had a bad hand he would throw a hissy fit, and if 
 >>> > > anyone beat him, he would stick them on death row for crimes 
 >>> > > against the president. 
 >>> > > 
 >>> > > Which all goes to prove we should have called his bluff. 
 >>> > No. It's unlikely that Trump will ever say "Let's kiss and make up." 
 >>> > When his private communications to the UK government were made 
 >>> > public, Darroch's position became untenable, and his job impossible. 
 >>> 
 >>> Trump respects those who stand up to him. 
 >> 
 >> Precisely, and walks all over those who back down. 
 >> 
 >> Notice how the sycophants are endlessly repeating the "Darroch's 
 >> position became untenable, and his job impossible line, which will 
 >> continue until they realise just how much they have been duped by a 
 >> power mad nut job. 
 >> 
 >> Once they realise their mistake they will go deathly silent on the 
 >> subject, and revert to the no-deal Brexit nonsense. 
 > 
 > The real danger comes from showing Trump how a few noisy tweets can force 
 > the UK to remove its carefully selected ambassador within a mere 72 hours. 
 > Trump now knows the UK doesn't fight back when he gets angry. 
 > 
 > We should have dragged this out for months, perhaps recalling Darroch, and 
 > put up with Trump's petulance -- except that after Brexit we have no other 
 > place to go than America. 
 > 
 > No other country in Europe would have rolled over so fast.  It's hard to 
 > be proud to be British when Quislings run this country.  Thank you for 
 > nothing, Boris. 
  
 In which reality would his position have been tenable?  Certainly not this 
 one. 
  
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