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Title: | #24 Yes, truly-rooly, JES | |||
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| Name: | Johnboy | | |||
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| City: | Sydney | State: | Australia | | |
| JES: "http://www.answers.com/topic/junta" "A group of military officers ruling a country after seizing power." No, that describes a compound phrase: Military Junta. "A council or small legislative body in a government, especially in Central or South America." That`s much better. Not perfect, but good enough. JES: "Had you wanted to really be neutral, you might have simply used the term `government`." I was being ACCURATE. "Government" doesn`t fit in THIS context, because neither the Knesset nor the non-ministerial members of this coalition are privy to the negotiations. Those are the sole perogative of Olmert`s Inner Sanctum - his inner committee - and it is more accurate to describe *that* as a Junta than as a Government. An Important Distinction, because "normal" MKs aren`t under threat of being Rabin`ed by a gun-toting settlers. Only Olmert and co. face *that* threat, because they alone belong to the Junta that threatens some whacko settler`s dream... |
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