I think Joseph Heller or Thomas Pynchon must be writing our history

[cthulu2016]

Naming a character in an infamous detention and search and seizure Miranda was pretty funny.

But having someone named Hague leading the call for war over chemical weapons is just confusing. I'm not sure what the author means by it. Eiher way, it made for this "wha?" inducing headline... Hague: Syria action possible without full UN backing

AFP/Georges Gobet - British Foreign Secretary William Hague arrives for an extraordinary EU Foreign Affairs Council on Egypt at the European headquarters in Brussels on August 21, 2013. Hague said Monday an international response to the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria was possible without unanimous UN Security Council backing

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Monday an international response to the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria was possible without unanimous UN Security Council backing.

"Is it possible to respond to chemical weapons without complete unity on the UN Security Council? I would argue yes," he told the BBC.

Asked about the possibility of military strikes this week, Hague said: "I'm not going to rule anything in or out, I'm not going to speculate about that in public."

Read more: http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/syria-action-possible-without-full-un-backing-hague-091956630.html

[villager]

1. Heller... or Pynchon?

[cthulu2016]

2. s long as it isn't Terry Southern

I almost picked Pynchon over Heller for the OP. Your comment moved me to edit it.

[villager]

3. Well, the tragedy of the times is that they are both -- accurately! -- writing our history...

Alas!

[clarice]

4. I think that HST has already written our history. nt