I don't watch reality teevee shows, and I don't live in those there Untied States. However, I am sort of curious if two news reports from late last week will be mentioned by Shrub in his State of The Onion speech. Treat it like the pre-game show.
The puppet regime in Iraq is working to revoke civil rights for women which they have had in law since 1959, instead fundamentalist sharia law will be used.
The assault on women's rights came on December 29 when the council's rotating monthly presidency was in the hands of Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, head of the fundamentalist Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq."It is a terrible regression. They are trying to drag us back to the stone age," said Nidal Abdel Amir, a veiled participant.
Zakia Khalifa al-Zadi, a communist in her fifties, said: "I have fought all my life for women's rights and I had so much hope with the fall of Saddam and now all of the promises are being betrayed."
Turkey has warned there is imminent danger that Iraq will collapse into ethnic civil war like the former Yugoslavia, and poses an ongoing threat as a base of operations for Kurdish terrorists in Turkey (well, they're "terrorists" in Turkey, I don't know what they're called in Washington — contras?)
"Iraq's future might be very bloody if there was a federal structure, especially based on ethnicity," Turkey's deputy chief of staff Gen. Ilker Basbug told a news conference. "This is not an ideal solution."Kurdish leaders on the Iraqi Governing Council are asking for greater autonomy for the north and a federal Iraq based on two ethnic regions. Most Iraqis and neighboring countries have objected to the proposal, fearing ethnic separatism.
Now remember, this is for exhibition purposes only, please, no wagering. Or you can use these as a start for the State of The Onion drinking game. Every time Shrub says freedom for Iraqis, take a drink, every time he says democracy, take a drink, and when he talks about prosperity at home, take a drink, you'll need it.
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