One of the objectives of the Project for the New American Century-inspired neocon vision was to "re-engineer" the Middle East to make it more "Israel friendly." This reflected an extreme case of politics making strange bedfellows (scroll down in that archived page to find the post on millenialist eschatology) as supporters of Israel have joined hands with good ol' boy southern anti-Semites yearning for the rapture. Now this perverse mix that gave us the war in Iraq is threatening to expand into a global conflagration if Iran and Syria get involved.
SO--what is the leader of the free world doing? Why, he's talking about the wild boar slated for dinner that evening:
Q: Does it concern you that the Beirut airport has been bombed? And do you see a risk of triggering a wider war? And on Iran, they've, so far, refused to respond. Is it now past the deadline, or do they still have more time to respond?
PRESIDENT BUSH: I thought you were going to ask me about the pig.
Q I'm curious about that, too. (Laughter.)
PRESIDENT BUSH: The pig? I'll tell you tomorrow after I eat it.
So long world, it's been nice knowing you.
1 comment:
Exactly...all they need to do is borrow a few of those fabulous montages that The Daily Show does and run 'em 24/7.
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