Quote of the day

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 4:04 PM Share

NightWatch passes along this classic bit of diplo-babble, from a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry:

At present, the situation on the Korean peninsula is rather complicated with an increasing number of uncertain factors."

I think this observation could be applied to just about anything, not just the Korean peninsula. Kind of like the classic British universal retort, attributed to Stephen Potter, of "Yes, but not in the south."

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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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