In the latest issue of The Economist, the Bagehot column (which focuses on British matters and topics), to describe British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's "attitude to, and aptitude for, foreign relations," referenced a line King George V was once alleged to have remarked:

I don't like abroad...I've been there.

Read the rest of the interesting analysis of Britain's involvement or lack thereof in the Caucasus crisis between Georgia and Russia here.

Side note: I wonder how much this specific and recent event, Middle East conflicts aside, influenced the pick of foreign policy wonk Joe Biden as Obama's VP.

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