I Continue to Miss Billy Crystal
Well, freedom lovers, the worst case scenario is playing out before our eyes (well, not really before our eyes, but, you know, before our eyes if we're watching TV or reading a newspaper or something); Democracy is beginning to spread across the Middle East. Long before we illegally invaded Iraq, I opined that all of the Bush administration's tough talk was a ruse designed to spur the Iraqi people into overthrowing their government. And I was optimistic that if Iraq fell, it would invigorate the internal push for Iranian democracy. And if Iran and Iraq were democratic nations, how could a relatively forward-thinking country like Lebanon resist the charms of a good, old-fashioned, US-style cashocracy?
Well, obviously, I was wrong about Iraq. I, for one, will likely never know if we'd really just hoped to invade Iraq all along. And, of course, our actions only deepened the distrust of the hardliners who still have the final vote in Iran, and by doing so dramatically quieted the pro-democracy movement that had given hope to so many exiled former cronies of the Shah (all of whom, when asked, will say that they are Persian).
But look! The proud people of Lebanon have, in essence, overthrown their government! Sure, it has a lot more to do with the recent assassination of a beloved former leader than it does the recent and rather unimpressive Iraqi elections, but still. And, just a couple days before that, Egypt introduced some sort of vague measure that purports to move that once noteworthy culture a few steps closer to the Iron Age. All this, joined by Israel's tentative withdrawal from lands held sacred by the Palestinians for nearly half a century, as well as Syria's willingness to help out by turning over Saddam Hussein's half-brother to coalition whatevers, may just signal that the hell on earth that is today's Middle East is starting to evolve into a region that will play ball with America--and play by America's rules, no less!
Which, of course, is a very bad thing. Not that the world wouldn't be better off with a stable (well, relatively stable) Middle East, but it does send a very bad message, the message that George W. Bush knew what he was doing all along. The way I see it, this thing could have gone one of two ways: what appears to be happening now, or Armageddon. Part of me is very happy to see things working out for the best, but there is another part of me (the part that sprang into existence when, as a seven-year-old, I was "accidentally" hit in the head with an aluminum softball bat) that can see into the future, and what I see is an entire hemisphere shrouded by mushroom clouds, and a big campaign poster that reads, "Wolfowitz/Perle '08." Fasten your radiation shields, kiddies. Something tells me the War on Terror has only just begun.
And now, because you were good and sat through that without fidgeting, here are the racier pictures stolen from Paris Hilton's T-Mobile Sidekick:
Well, obviously, I was wrong about Iraq. I, for one, will likely never know if we'd really just hoped to invade Iraq all along. And, of course, our actions only deepened the distrust of the hardliners who still have the final vote in Iran, and by doing so dramatically quieted the pro-democracy movement that had given hope to so many exiled former cronies of the Shah (all of whom, when asked, will say that they are Persian).
But look! The proud people of Lebanon have, in essence, overthrown their government! Sure, it has a lot more to do with the recent assassination of a beloved former leader than it does the recent and rather unimpressive Iraqi elections, but still. And, just a couple days before that, Egypt introduced some sort of vague measure that purports to move that once noteworthy culture a few steps closer to the Iron Age. All this, joined by Israel's tentative withdrawal from lands held sacred by the Palestinians for nearly half a century, as well as Syria's willingness to help out by turning over Saddam Hussein's half-brother to coalition whatevers, may just signal that the hell on earth that is today's Middle East is starting to evolve into a region that will play ball with America--and play by America's rules, no less!
Which, of course, is a very bad thing. Not that the world wouldn't be better off with a stable (well, relatively stable) Middle East, but it does send a very bad message, the message that George W. Bush knew what he was doing all along. The way I see it, this thing could have gone one of two ways: what appears to be happening now, or Armageddon. Part of me is very happy to see things working out for the best, but there is another part of me (the part that sprang into existence when, as a seven-year-old, I was "accidentally" hit in the head with an aluminum softball bat) that can see into the future, and what I see is an entire hemisphere shrouded by mushroom clouds, and a big campaign poster that reads, "Wolfowitz/Perle '08." Fasten your radiation shields, kiddies. Something tells me the War on Terror has only just begun.
And now, because you were good and sat through that without fidgeting, here are the racier pictures stolen from Paris Hilton's T-Mobile Sidekick:
Never, ever masturbate while viewing this site. Please. (Unless you are a girl.)
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