24 August 2006

i see your true colors shining through
i see your true colors and that's why i. . .
. . .oh, never mind, part deux*

on monday, george bush made his recitation of all the reasons why he went to war against saddam hussein in iraq, concluding that "the terrorists attacked us and killed 3,000 of our citizens before we started the freedom agenda in the middle east."

then came the question. "what did iraq have to do with that?"

"what did iraq have to do with what?", replied the president.

duh, with the 9/11 attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon.

w's reply?

"nothing."

so why the hell are we there?

source: marie cocco, post writer's group
*apologies to cyndi lauper, again!

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