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AvatarTaking the guise of the poor, the dervishes, we, O Ghalib,
Watch the spectacle of the blessed; of power and pelf
—Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

بنا کر فقیروں کا ہم بھیس غالِب
تماشأے اہلِ کرم دیکھتے ہیں

banaa kar faqeeroN ka hum bhais Ghalib
thamaasha-e-ehl-e-karam dhaikthay haiN

It's the War, S...

I actually saw this first in the International Herald Tribue, but later realized they were reproducing a New York Times Op Ed. Either way, the sentence--at the very beginning of a piece--just jumped out at me. It said, simply, that
It is not an inspiring sight to watch the U.S. Senate turn the most important issue facing America into a political football, and then fumble it.
What else can one say?

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