Its odd how many times the locals put a gun to their head
demanding that unless we provide them “X” then they won’t do “Y”. It’s an interesting game of brinksmanship
that we inevitably loose since they have been doing this stuff a lot longer
than we have. Just this week, the
parliament voted down the next budget because they wanted, among other things, for
us to commit in advance to paying the prior year’s contract expenses. What those are, we are not sure yet, but that
does not seem to stop them from demanding we pay anyway. I have to admit, it’s a brilliant strategy
and not one we have a real counter for. I
sat in awe of the strategy being applied before me, trying to hide my body
language. I smiled, thinking of the
dilemma from a scene in the movie “Blazing Saddles”. I wonder if they will pull the trigger?
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