Status quo is the status quo
via Benjamin ThompsonLOL moment while reading the Foreign Policy blog Passport. In an article called “Ten issues that will shape the election after New Hampshire,” number 10 read as follows:
The X factor. Anything can happen between now and November, let alone ‘Super Tuesday’ on February 5: a coup in Pakistan, North Korea falling off the nuclear wagon, a flareup with Iran, or even a sudden flowering of peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. The press loves to troll for gaffes by under-briefed presidential hopefuls, so we advise memorizing things like the names of the top dozen or so Pakistani generals, the sectarian makeup of various terrorist groups, and the phrase ‘nobody should upset the status quo in the Taiwan Strait.’
Status quo indeed!