I said earlier that I was confused by what Saddam meant when he said he would fight to the last drop of blood, but Charles Austin has a different interpretation.
Emperor Misha gives some well deserved kudos to President Bush. Our president may not be Donald Rumsfeld, but he still kicks ass sometimes.
My arch-nemesis Scott Ott reports on Lieberman’s choice for a running mate. Does the VP get to be president if he murders him himself?
Finally, go check out the Carnival of the Vanitites if you haven’t already. This week it’s hosted by The Eleven Day Empire. Next week, it will be hosted by Greeblie. He has a link to me, so he must be a great blogger.
Archive of entries posted on 8th January 2003
“I Will Fight to the Last Ionized Particle!”
The Drudge Report is reporting that Iraq has released a statement saying that Saddam will not leave and country and will “fight to the last drop of blood.” It’s hard to understand what he means, though, as current munitions in use by the U.S. military would actually reduce Saddam to a fine red mist, not leaving any “drops” whatsoever.
In My World: North Koreans Say that Sactions Will Mean They Will Commit a Violent Suicide
North Koreas had upped their rhetoric, saying that sanctions against them would mean war. This immediately caused Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfled to inquire, “What kind of crack are they smoking.”
“I know their leader Kim Jong Il is some sort of nut, but even the insane show a pain avoidance response. Does he not understand the violence we will perpetrate against him and his people if they even look like they may attack us? We will kill them all in such a cruel and painful manner that even I will feel sorry for the dumb, Commie bastards. That doesn’t mean I won’t laugh as it happens, though.”
When asked to clarify if America had anything to fear from a war with North Korea, Rumsfeld said that “the only thing to fear from them is that their radioactive, ashen remains are somehow blown over to the American mainland.”
On whether there was a worry that a conflict with North Korea would be impossible while engaging Iraq, Rumsfeld stated, “We are capable of fighting two major regional conflicts. We’re capable of winning decisively in one and swiftly defeating in the case of the other, and let there be no doubt about it.”
Asked whether this belligerent attitude may turn off our European allies, Rumsfeld responded, “Let me restate that: we’re capable of winning decisively in one and swiftly defeating in the case of the other while still having enough manpower left over to slap around a bunch of whiny bitches.” He then added sarcastically, “But don’t take that as a suggestion of war. I’m just stating the facts.”
“All I’m saying,” he continued more seriously, “is that if you wake up one morning to find the Iraqi deserts stained red with blood while at the same time North Korea is nothing but a smoldering ruin and then you turn on the TV to find German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder dancing for our amusement at gunpoint, don’t act all surprised.”
When repeatedly questioned whether America really did have the military capabilities to engage Iraq and North Korea at the same time, Rumsfeld initially looked supremely angry at not being immediately believed, but then he seemed to calm down and said, “I assure you we can do two things at once. As demonstration of that, I will not rub my stomach and shoot reporters at the same time.”
By the time he had drawn his luger, the press had already cleared the room.