Tuesday, November 29, 2005

SHARING THE WAR DIVIDEND ————- by Steve Nadis

Where do you turn for news? NPR? The New York Times? The Annals of Improbable Research? I personally rely heavily on the “Intelligence Report” in Parade Magazine and wish it came out seven days a week rather than just on Sundays, in which case I’d be seven times more intelligent. But, alas, it only comes out once a week, so I’ll have to settle for using just 14.3 percent of my ultimate brainpower potential.

Last Sunday, I saw an interesting item about Iraq. I can’t remember the details, because we’re pretty avid recyclers in my household, but here’s the gist of it: People like Paul Wolfowitz, one of the chief architects of the war, and former CIA director George Tenet, who provided some of the “intelligence” (not to be confused with the intelligence provided in the aforementioned “Intelligence Report”) that backed the Bush administration’s hellbent desire for war, are raking it in with high-paying jobs and/or lucrative lecture circuit fees. Paul Bremer, who helped convert Iraq into a safe, thriving democracy now has a cushy book deal, on top of the honoraria, etc.

Meanwhile, the enlisted men stuck fighting this ill-advised war are getting next to nothing, with corporals and privates earning just $3,000 or so a month. And U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq aren’t collecting even that meager sum. Now you can see why the good citizens of Iraq are so eager to have a democracy like ours.

Posted by Snake at 05:07:00
Comments

8 Responses to “SHARING THE WAR DIVIDEND ————- by Steve Nadis”

  1. Turd Blossom says:
    November 29, 2005 at 3:53 pm

    I get my news from Andy Borowitz who reports that NPR and NYT might not be around much longer.

  3. Snake says:
    November 29, 2005 at 4:16 pm

    Hello TB — Thanks for the note. If Andy is right (and he’s never let me down before), you might want to consider the "Intelligence Report" instead, which should be perfect reading for an intelligent (sounding) person like yourself. Take it from me: You’ll be glad you did.

  4. OldRoses says:
    November 30, 2005 at 5:52 am

    Kind of like the slave wages we pay daycare workers who are responsible for our most precious resource, our children.

  5. Snake says:
    November 30, 2005 at 1:53 pm

    That is an apt comparison. We’ve clearly got some screwed up priorities in this country but don’t get me started…

  6. Anonymous says:
    December 1, 2005 at 1:19 pm

    zardo says:
    "Now you can see why the good citizens of Iraq are so eager to have a democracy like ours" = snake

    now i see it all , the iraqis are being trained
    to have a democracy , a better life , better wages,

    so ten years from now
    when all is better for them (IRAQ)
    they can invade the united states
    miltarily , because…….
    yes quite clear now.
    ————————–zardoz

  7. Snake says:
    December 1, 2005 at 2:37 pm

    Interesting Z; that’s a spin I hadn’t thought of…

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