Carpe Datum

Bush Bows Up

From Fanatical Apathy:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Wednesday challenged militants who have been killing and injuring U.S. forces in Iraq, saying "bring them on" because American forces were tough enough to deal with their attacks. "There are some who feel like that conditions are such that they can attack us there," Bush told reporters at the White House. "My answer is bring them on..."

"...in fact," the President continued, "I don't think Iraqi militants have the guts to kill more Americans. I think they're yeller." Bush, who during Vietnam war bravely combatted an extremely inconvenient schedule, made his remarks a mere 6,211 miles from the front lines.

Military reaction to Bush's words was joyous. "Finally," said Lt. Pete Bundt of the Army 3rd Armored Division, "I was beginning to worry that the Iraqis might stop shooting at us and ambushing our convoys and wounding our men. Now we can be sure that there'll be more action."

In case you hadn't seen it, the first paragraph of that quote is actually what happened, the rest is just satire. Good news for the blog world, too. In addition to regular good stuff from Eschaton (where I found this link), I'm happy to report that the Media Horse is back after a long vacation. I also updated my side links to include an excellent political blog I just found called The Sideshow. It takes the place of Jesus' General, who sadly has retired from service.

Posted by Observer at July 3, 2003 07:32 AM