{"id":4356,"date":"2026-11-13T16:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T11:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4356"},"modified":"2026-11-13T16:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T11:03:44","slug":"the-third-wife-observes-purdah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4356","title":{"rendered":"The Third Wife observes purdah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cIt was momentous.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed it was, but Russia could do it, not us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, you are referring to Russia\u2019s directive to the three Europeans, Cabinet members all, from three major capitals who had travelled to Abu Dhabi as the fourth leg of the table to remain in the hotel?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Europe needs to be on the table \u2013 any European security framework cannot be formulated or approved without Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYep, but they need diplomats for that, and right now they are unwilling to even talk to Russia \u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCan I propose our Deputy Prime Minister as a possible trainee \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a deputy prime minister, maybe not as a foreign minister; oh wait, would that come with some remuneration?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot sure, but the resume gets strengthened.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCould the real mediator canvass for a key position for a Pakistani politician past his sell-by date in an international institution and \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo politician I know thinks he or she has reached their sell-by date \u2013 bureaucrats \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHush, anyway, Jared Kushner mocked the Europeans too \u2013 he said if Europe could identify one person to speak on their behalf that would be a bigger achievement than getting the Russians to include them in the negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIs the Albania island acquisition deal still on?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t know, but Kushner\u2019s comment reminded me of a statement that the security threat from neighbouring provinces is greater than from neighbouring countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are two different \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt reminded me because the remarks by both were dismissive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI reckon Kushner\u2019s alleged monetary dealings with the Gulf countries leadership will also come under greater congressional scrutiny and perhaps litigation \u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGotcha anyway this is not what I was referring to when I said it was momentous.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe visit of two lawyers to Adiala jail in a meeting that lasted four hours with The Man Who Must Remain Nameless, Faceless and Voiceless?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was thinking \u2013 they couldn\u2019t apply all three on The Third Wife as she observes purdah and \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have it on good authority that her voice makes up for the other \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be facetious; she isn\u2019t well anyway for lawyers to meet their clients in jail is a routine matter, allowed under universal laws and \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUniversal laws be damned \u2013 they are all redundant. President Trump has sanctioned the international court and unless the other two superpowers notably China and Russia, take on the role of the policeman of the world \u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world is taking on a weakened Europe but not the US.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess we wait till one or the other or both together take on that role.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt was momentous.\u201d \u201cIndeed it was, but Russia could do it, not us.\u201d \u201cOh, you are referring to Russia\u2019s directive to the three Europeans, Cabinet members all, from three major capitals who had travelled to Abu Dhabi as the fourth leg of the table to remain in the hotel?\u201d \u201cBut Europe needs to be on the table \u2013 any European security framework cannot be formulated or approved without Europe.\u201d \u201cYep, but they need diplomats for that, and right now they are unwilling to even talk to Russia \u2026.\u201d \u201cCan I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}