DANGEROUS OUT THERE
‘Record Number of Peacekeepers Fail to Stop Wars’. That’s the title of a page 1 article in a recent edition of the Cambodia Daily. The article isn’t quite as nonsensical as it sounds; the gist of it is that, though the UN has deployed a record number of peacekeepers to trouble spots worldwide, a record number of clashes have broken out; from ‘Dirty Little Wars’ to conflicts tottering on something quite a bit more fearifying.
Cambodia’s leader, Hun Sen, has got a powder keg in his dirty grabby little girly hands too. No ‘Blue Helmets’ have yet been dispatched but Hun Sen has certainly dispatched a handful of civilians. Aside from general dissatisfaction and unrest and the bald-faced certainty of ballot-box stuffing, he has other specific mosquitos whining in his ear. (more…)
Cured but still working
One more down. He said, basically, ‘It’s nice to be cured, but I gotta go back to work.’ It’s a tough crowd.
Off to northern Lao tomorrow
Off to northern Lao tomorrow, and he`s off to work in the fields.’
Painfree.
Land of Blunder
Happy to be back in the Land of Blunder… I love it soooo much!