The past eighty years or so of military history, as portrayed by food:
I'm not sure I would have picked beef stroganoff to symbolize Russia.
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Food Fight
18 May 2008 04:40 pm
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I take the bagels and lox to be an endorsement of the Walt-Mearsheimer thesis.
However, it seems that the video suggests 9/11 had a state sponsor. Or maybe I'm wrong
And Neville Cucumber gave away half the potatoes au gratin.
Why not beef stroganoff? Беф-Строганов is a/the quintessential Russian dish...
I was rooting for the burgers.
Well done video, but somehow more disturbing than I expected. It's carnage in the original sense of the word.
Do the french fries represent Belgians?
Apparently Germany and Russia didn't fight much in WWII.
the fish and chips (NOT french fries) are britain.
However, it seems that the video suggests 9/11 had a state sponsor.
And that Al Qaeda was hiding in Iraq before we invaded.
What kind of food represents douchebag filmmakers?
And that Al Qaeda was hiding in Iraq before we invaded.
Actually, I think that's Afghanistan. And on second viewing I withdraw my comment about the state sponsor of 9/11--what I thought was falafel turned out to be chicken burgers.
Apparently Germany and Russia didn't fight much in WWII.
Yeah, the Reds just kind of showed up in the end. Instead of, you know, practically winning the whole thing on their own.
That's because you never visited Soviet Russia. Under communism, if you went into a Russian restaurant, they would hand you a menu with 40 pages and when you tried to order, the waiter would say "Oo nas nyet" (we don't have that) until you finally relented and ordered beef stroganoff, which was the only thing they actually had.
APS
Aside from offense of presenting 2nd degree excellent soviet cuisine as beef strogonoff, director/animator totally understates contribution of said beef stroganoff in defeat of wurstel und pretzels. Very few wurstel and no pretzels left by D-day, after great Stalingrad victory (not to mention Kursk).
Also USSR not so involved in Korea (pleased avoided racist human wave of fried rice though).
In defence of (credits went by too fast) there was a clear distinction between the invasion of Afghanistan (with Osama bin Felafel sneaking away) and the invasion of Iraq. I admit that I didn't notice the distinctive Afghan cuisine or the distinction between the Taliban and foreign Arab and Chechen volunteers, but I'm not expert on Afghan (or Chechen) food.
Ha ha, proxy Kimchi battle!
Actually, I think that's Afghanistan.
Nah, the falafel sneaks out of the first group of shish kebabs (Afghanistan) and then into the second group of shish kebabs (Iraq) before we bomb it in nightvision that mimics the early footage of the Iraq war. And some of the first group of shish kebabs go with them, which would mean, what, the Taliban went to Iraq with Al Qaeda? And then the sneaky falafel sneaks out of Iraq before the hamburgers invade, which would totally explain why we didn't find Al Qaeda when we first arrived there! Maybe they took all the chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons (couscous, dolmas, and microwaveable shawarma) with them.
I assumed that the Osama bin Laden falafel is sneaking into Pakistan. Then it cuts to the American/British invasion of Iraq. I.e. bin Laden escapes to Pakistan and American quickly moves along to the invasion of Iraq rather than pressing the issue in Afghanistan/Pakistan.
You do realize Andrew Sullivan beat you on this one atl east 6 months ago, right?
It is not much discussed in history, but Hungary was partitioned, with pieces taken by no less than 4 neighbors, so all neighbors gained the right to have gulash as a national dish. "Totally different from the true gulash", whine defeated Hungarians, but who listens to the loosers?
Nah, the falafel sneaks out of the first group of shish kebabs (Afghanistan) and then into the second group of shish kebabs (Iraq) before we bomb it in nightvision that mimics the early footage of the Iraq war.
Osama bin Falafel sneaks out of Afghanistan and into the neighboring kebab group. It's not Iraq, it's Pakistan.
They forgot Poland.
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didn't Andrew post this a few months ago? You're falling behind in the YouTube race, Yglesias....
Posted by Ben Cronin | May 18, 2008 4:48 PM