“THE LESSONS OF 9/11″ by Steve Nadis
In an effort to rally support for a counterinsurgency struggle in Iraq that is going from bad to worse, our Fearless Leader admonished the crowd yesterday not to “forget the lessons of 9/11.” I’m just curious, which lessons of 9/11 was he referring to: An administration that repeatedly failed to heed reports of an imminent attack by Al Quaeda? A Commander-in-Chief who, after being informed of the attack, chose to continue a reading session with gradeschoolers in Florida? A President who went into hiding immediately after the attack and did not show up in New York City until several days had elapsed? For me, these are the lessons that immediately spring to mind. I’m just wondering what “W” was thinking about, or perhaps that’s the wrong verb…
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14:56:32
Check this out - 1st Iraq war protest song!
(Full version at http://www.brainbus.com/IraqSong.html):
The Band Played "Hail to the Chief!"
Verse 1:
When I was young never heard of Iraq
Though I served in the National Guard
I worked a good job and I trained once a month,
Had a wife, house, and kids in the yard.
Then in 2003, the President said
"Theres nerve gas and nukes there
In a year well be dead
The U.N.s too slow
They wont bomb the towel-heads
So well send in our National Guard."
And the band played Hail to the Chief
As the President landed his plane
On the ship just for fun,
Then shouted We won!
While we were still hunting Hussein.
(rest of song at http://www.brainbus.com/IraqSong.html)
Thanks Gatemouth for bringing that to my attention. I couldn’t have said it better.
The lesson of 9/11 is to use the phrase "9/11" as much as possible when pushing policies that will do nothing to prevent another 9/11 style attack.
Dear Doc — Thanks for your most trenchant remarks. That was exceptionally well put, even for a seasoned wordsmith like yourself.
very good!