What do South Korea and Italy have in common? (here's a hint: the answer involves the word "balls")

They're screwing with a country that considers brawling to be a legitimate form of parliamentary procedure.

These are people who will kick you with their speed skates if they lose a race because their illegal attempt to trip you before the finish line failed.

Yep, bad move.

They shoulda run this idea by the Vietnamese before they tried it, they might have had an eye opened.

Italian balls update:

I don't know a thing about South Koreans, personally, except for this one 10-year-old kid who was in my class when I was a teacher. But I did live in Italy for two years, and I know a thing or two about Italians. One of those things is that, in terms of balls, they must be putting everything they've got into their foreign policy.

I make this judgment based on my observation that when Italians - and I'm talking about grown men, here - got into physical altercations, they would slap each other. Not like, "Ha ha, we're just messing around here, look at our faux sissy slapping," I mean they were totally pissed off angry at each other, wanting to inflict physical harm for whatever reason, and they would open-palm slap each other.

I heard it was because there's a law against hitting with your first. If true, it means Italians are sissies in both their private lives and in their parliament.

None of this changes the fact that when it comes to foreign policy these days, Italians can walk around with a special swagger that only happens when your balls have a little trouble fitting in your pants. Silvio Berlusconi, my hat's off to you. South Korea, my hat's off to you. Spain ... well, I hope all that cowardice and mincing about is only temporary.

Well, according to the BBC report this morning, everyone in South Korea hates the US, and wants no troops sent to Iraq.

The RKO is sending special forces. I think the jihadis are about to find out that they made a serious mistake.

I find myself smiling, and it's not nice.

Ace, unfortunately you're totally right, South Koreans, Americans and Italians are not Spanish. We shouldn't have fled so quickly from Iraq, that was shameful to some of us. But you are right again when you say you know only half the country is such coward. We'll try to banish those responsible disloyal politicians who made it possible. But remember, there's still another half. I'm on that side, you know what I mean, don't you?

Dr. Von Fausten (a proud Spaniard)

Yes, I know what you mean. Your country is half cowards and appeasers of terrorists; my own country is 40-45% cowards and appeasers of terrorists.

I have to disagree, Ace. I'd say only about 35% of the US are cowards and appeasers to terrorists.

The rest of that 40-45% you list have GOT to be out and out sympathizers and collaborators.

Break it down further?

I think about 15% are natural born (commie) cowards and 30% are folks who listen to cowardly reasoning and network news. Hereditary Democrats.

They haven't detected the shift in their party. That will change.