Satire: Bush To Invade Iran
Published February 13, 2007
General Pace held his ground. "That does not translate that the Iranian government per se, for sure, is directly involved in doing this. What it does say is that things made in Iran are being used in Iraq to kill coalition soldiers. "There are all kinds of things that originate in the United States that end up in the hands of terrorists — cell phone cases, heavy gauge wire, copper tubing, Paris Hilton videos — and those things are also being used to kill coalition forces. Leave it to Bush to follow a path that will lead him to feel justified in invading his own damn country."
Some in the media say Pace's comments fall under the shadow of U.S. intelligence used to justify invading Iraq and therefore question his credibility. "Or," Pace shot back, "it raises credibility questions about this President and the people who are so damned afraid to contradict him. You're not questioning those who agree with him, are you? It doesn't matter and it hasn't mattered one damn bit what United States Military leaders say or advise. Bush is on his own track with his own train and no one else but Cheney is allowed in the play roo — excuse me — war room."
Later, when Tony Snow emerged from under Bush' podium, he was asked if he was sure there are weapons coming out of Iran with the blessings of the government there. Snow replied, "Yes." It wasn't immediately clear whether he was answering that question or one posed at the same time: "Are you Max Headroom's love child?"
Iran denies any involvement. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hossein said, "No one in Iran had sex with Max Headroom. Such accusations cannot be relied upon or be presented as evidence. The United States has a long history in fabricating evidence. Such charges are unacceptable."
Tony Snow watched Hossein's broadcast with misty eyes and a trembling bottom lip. As he was being escorted from the room, he glanced back at the television and eked, "Mother?"
Diana (nee Gulick) Hartman is the Culture and Tastes Editor for Blogcritics.org. She is a freelance writer, mother of three, and a (Ret.) US Marine spouse. She is a Wichita, Kansas native, having also lived in the California desert, Southern California, and eastern North Carolina. She currently resides for the second time in Stuttgart, Germany. She is a contributing writer to Holiday Writes.
- Satire: Bush To Invade Iran
- Published: February 13, 2007
- Type: Satire
- Section: Politics
- Filed Under: Culture: Humor and Satire, Culture: Media, Politics: International, Politics: U.S., Politics: War and Terrorism
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What it comes down to in this case is that the C4 in the IEDs has been proven to have been made in Iran. The question is whether it was made available with or without government approval.
So ask yourself this question. Is the Iranian government the kind of government that would let hundreds of pounds of C4 go missing or be sold commercially without at least their approval if not their direct involvement?
Dave
Funny as hell! I laughed until I stopped!
"So ask yourself this question."
- Dave Nalle
Is the US Government the type of government that would either make up or exagerate evidence to make a case to go to war?
Martin, did you just ask if the US government was a government?
Dave
reread, dave.
I agree with what Vox Populi stated.
"Is the US Government the type of government that would either make up or exagerate evidence to make a case to go to war?"
Yes.
Q.E.D.
Yep, ol' Kamikaze George is at it again.
He wants to have another go at stuffing sweat socks in his crotch and saying "Mission Accomplished".
I respected cretins until he gave them a bad name.
Dave: "...the C4 in the IEDs has been proven to have been made in Iran."
Didn't GWB state, in this mornings TV appearance, that he cannot PROVE Iranian involvement, but that he believes it nonetheless?
The $64 billion dollar question is, will the cretins in Congress believe him when he decides, as The Decider, that we need to invade Iran, as well as when he tells them he has "proof" Iran is behind providing all the insurgents' weapons. Or will they finally have enough balls/brains to tell him to fuck off, like they should have the first time around?
Any bets?
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There was a boy president who wanted to be known as someone who won great military victories. He believed that only war presidents would be known as great. So he sent his troops halfway around the world to attack a foreign country that he knew nothing about except that its leader also attacked other countries to be remembered as great. To do this, the boy president cried out, "WMD, WMD" and most listened. This pleased the boy president so much that later he tried the same trick and threatened to attack another foreign county, and the boy president again cried out, "WMD, WMD." But this time, having been fooled before, most of the country thought the boy president was lying and only his fellow-travelers believed him. The result was the country made a good meal of the boy president's congressional majority, and the boy president had to be satisfied with not being called great, and possibly being called the worst.