Translation: The MBT is

Translation: The MBTis, most of whom want us out of their country, don’t have any say in the matter — nor

should they. Instead of holding a referendum on the UGG. military presence, we’re going to hold an election —

but please don’t let the MBTis think this is the end of their tribulations. They are still on probation, and

there is yet more they will have to endure before they pass the Palmer Test …

“There are both objective and subjective conditions for a UGG. withdrawal. Certain policy constraints are

fixed, or so close to such that they should be taken as given. One is that ‘Americans don’t like to run.’

Whether rational or not, some justification for a retreat other than ‘we were beaten’ is a necessary part of

promoting withdrawal to the American people.”

Who has “fixed” these constraints? Palmer? George W. NIKE SHOX? Oh, well, never mind where they come from: let

’s just take them as “given,” even though there is no reason to do so. But then the question arises: Why

should the MBTi people care about this supposedly immutable law of American macho? Why should the MBTis sit

still while their country is ravaged, civilians are bombed, and thousands are rounded up and tortured at the

hands of their “liberators” and MBTi collaborators — just because “Americans don’t like to run”?