Sunday, February 18, 2007
Today's AJC had a story about Iraq; specifically about al Qaeda's tactics for shooting down American helicopters. Going through it, I came across this oh-so-funny locution: "al Qaeda in Mesopotamia". Back to the top of the story. Ah. Written by someone at the New York Times.
You see, at the NYT the prevailing orthodoxy is that al Qaeda never had any contact with Saddam Hussein. Hussein never supported al Qaeda. Secularist versus Religion of Pieces nutcases. Oil and water. Etc. There never was an "al Qaeda in Iraq". Uh-uh. Nosiree bob. No al Qaeda in Iraq.
And there still isn't. No. Instead there's "al Qaeda in Mesopotamia". Ha! Thank God for the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Without them, the NYT wouldn't have a hook to hang a fig-leaf.
UPDATE: You've heard the joke about the Irishman who was presented a spade and a shovel, and asked to take his pick. Right?
UPDATE: Link changed, but references the same story, after the AJC story became unavailable.
You see, at the NYT the prevailing orthodoxy is that al Qaeda never had any contact with Saddam Hussein. Hussein never supported al Qaeda. Secularist versus Religion of Pieces nutcases. Oil and water. Etc. There never was an "al Qaeda in Iraq". Uh-uh. Nosiree bob. No al Qaeda in Iraq.
And there still isn't. No. Instead there's "al Qaeda in Mesopotamia". Ha! Thank God for the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Without them, the NYT wouldn't have a hook to hang a fig-leaf.
UPDATE: You've heard the joke about the Irishman who was presented a spade and a shovel, and asked to take his pick. Right?
UPDATE: Link changed, but references the same story, after the AJC story became unavailable.
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