VENI? YES. VIDI? YES. VICI? NO
Aug 11, 2022
3 minutes
By Anthony Moretti
Copyedited by Elsbeth van Paridon
The Latin phrase veni, vidi, vici can be translated into English as I came, I saw, I conquered. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has come and she has seen, but she most definitely will not conquer China’s Taiwan. Any claim to victory she will make about visiting the island is empty. Something so tightly wrapped in symbolism must lack substance.
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