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Only by accepting Iranian hegemonic pretensions , odious as they are , can the United States extricate itself somewhat honorably from Iraq . First of all it was up wid the windy in a jiffy , and thin she threw open her two peepers to the itmost , and thin it was a little gould spy-glass that she clapped tight to one o ' them , and divil may burn me if it did n't spake to me as plain as a peeper cud spake , and says it , through the spy-glass — " Och ! Obviously , all measurement of this kind is highly imperfect , but with this caveat I 'll plunge ahead and try to give what I see as our core results in this area . Let us proceed , at once , to the establishment throughout the country , of district schools , upon a plan of organization similar to that of our New England friends . In a word , nothing could more seriously disturb me , although I scrupulously concealed such disturbance , ) than any allusion to a similarity of mind , person , or condition existing between us . The only drawback to the great pleasure which its perusal has afforded us , is found in the author 's unwelcome announcement in the Preface , that for the present he winds up his literary labors with the production of this book . To sum up , I want to emphasize that my research in this area tries to understand why the U.S. and Europe are different . All these circumstances could change , and the U.S. could find itself in a less adverse position strategically sometime in the future . " And wid that the widdy , she gits up from the sofy , and makes the swatest curthchy nor iver was seen ; and thin down she sits like an angel ; and thin , by the powers , it was that little spalpeen Mounseer Maiter-di-dauns that plumped his silf right down by the right side of her . Was it not probable that these symptoms would increase until terminated by death itself ? And then ounly percave the cuteness of the swate angel , for no sooner did she obsarve that I was afther the squazing of her flipper , than she up wid it in a jiffy , and put it away behind her back , jist as much as to say , " Now thin , Sir Pathrick O'Grandison , there 's a bitther chance for ye , mavourneen , for it 's not altogether the gentaal thing to be afther the squazing of my flipper right full in the sight of that little furrenner Frinchman , Mounseer Maiter-di-dauns . Thus I found that my senses would shortly give way altogether , and I had already clutched one of the valve ropes with the view of attempting a descent , when the recollection of the trick I had played the three creditors , and the possible consequences to myself , should I return , operated to deter me for the moment . It was to him a principle of strength that sustained him amidst the conflicts of the dark valley ; and to us who witnessed the agonies of his patting hour , a bright radiance illuming the gloom which memory throws around the trying scene . " Thrue for you , Sir Pathrick , " it said as plain as iver a squaze said in the world , " Thrue for you , Sir Pathrick , mavourneen , and it 's a proper nate gintleman ye are - - that 's God 's truth , " and with that she opened her two beautiful peepers till I belaved they wud ha ' cum 'd out of her hid althegither and intirely , and she looked first as mad as a cat at Mounseer Frog , and thin as smiling as all out o ' doors at mesilf . Yet this superiority — even this equality — was in truth acknowledged by no one but myself ; our associates , by some unaccountable blindness , seemed not even to suspect it . My curiosity was greatly excited , for I had hopes of passing on much farther to the north , and might possibly , at some period , find myself placed directly above the Pole itself . " Knowing and admiring , as I always have done , the noble generosity of the Virginian character , I throw myself unreservedly upon the clemency , and I expect the prompt , cordial , efficient cooperation of this honorable Board of Trustees . When I afterwards had time for reflection , I did not fail to attribute the extreme violence of the explosion , as regarded myself , to its proper cause — my situation directly above it , and in the line of its greatest power . First of all it was up wid the windy in a jiffy , and thin she threw open her two peepers to the itmost , and thin it was a little gould spy-glass that she clapped tight to one o ' them and divil may burn me if it did n't spake to me as plain as a peeper cud spake , and says it , through the spy-glass : " Och ! Although many Iraqis , particularly some Shia and Kurds , undoubtedly saw us as " liberators , " most Sunni Arab Iraqis saw us and continue to see us as hated " colonial " occupiers . That the passages quoted above , with the other similar ones referred to , gave Von Kempelen the hint , I do not in the slightest degree question ; but I repeat , it yet remains to be seen whether this momentous discovery itself ( momentous under any circumstances ) will be of service or disservice to mankind at large . I had but one consolation — in the fact that the imitation , apparently , was noticed by myself alone , and that I had to endure only the knowing and strangely sarcastic smiles of my namesake himself .