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Why fight them over there when we can fight them here?

The rumor is that we will soon--like next week--start pulling troops out of Iraq. As will the Brits.

Why?

Gee, have you seen Bush and Blair’s approval numbers? No, I mean: We have established order. It’s time to go.

Or maybe it’s that we have finally pulled off a My Lai massacre in Iraq. And it begins to gag even the biggest of our war-criminal leaders. Oh, you missed it? Read this.

It seems a roadside bomb killed 15 civilians and a Marine. So, the next day, Marines slaughtered 15 unarmed Iraqi civilians (including seven women and three children.). An Iraqi girl, who said six members of her family died, told a reporter: “The Americans came into the room where my father was praying and shot him.” [But he wasn’t a Christian, so his death matters less.]

Ah, but we were moving on. To Mexico, the terrorist nation to the South. I didn’t used to fear the Mexicans. Now I’m afraid to eat a taco--it could have a bomb inside. And they cut the grass way too short. If I wanted my grass to have a crew cut, I’d call….gee, I don’t really know. I guess the crew cut is okay. As long as they water generously after.

But I digress. Do you know we are starting to kill Mexicans? With guns. Yes, we’re bringing the best part of the Iraqi war--the gun thing--home. Here you go: Guy sitting at a check point. A legal guy. But he was a beaner, so why ask questions first? Just cap him.

Yeah, this is gonna be just like Iraq. Better--the reserves will get to go home often. And nobody will ever be charged with a war crime. Man, I’d like to do the TV commercial for the Reserves now--this could be even more fun than Grand Theft Auto.
 
 
 
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