War by Other Means

By Izzy

Presidents Bush and Putin recently met in Russia for some tense, and ultimately failed, talks on security issues including NATO expansion and Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Unlike in former, happier times, the two came suited for battle, if subtly. Bush wore a Texas-style Don’t-Tread-on-Me belt and a dress shirt with two front flapped pockets (just like Soviet-slayer Charlie Wilson), while Putin chose to wear an outright military jacket, complete with ammo pockets, epaulets, and belting. Looking at the two’s cheerful faces, the cynic in Izzy recalls a line from Will Rogers: “Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘Nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.”

This entry was posted on Monday, April 14th, 2008 at 9:21 am by Izzy and is filed under Belts, Celebrity, Men's Fashion, Outerwear, Shirts, Suits. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

5 Responses to “War by Other Means”

dereck Says:
April 14th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
hilarious! :)
Smokey Says:
April 19th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
He should have worn a Western-style jacket to fit his “cowboy” moniker that the Euro-Trash has given him.
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June 28th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
[...] cafe and read the entire archives. Izzy is always funny and often quite trenchant (see his notes on the geopolitical implications for outfits worn by George Bush and Vladimir Putin), and he seems to have an encyclopedic knowledge of menswear [...]