Monday, September 10, 2007

You just can't make this stuff up.


Seriously (educational hyperlink added):

Delay Decision on Major Cuts, Petraeus Says

The top American commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, has recommended that decisions on the contentious issue of reducing the main body of the American troops in Iraq be put off for six months, American officials said Sunday.

Snark eludes me.

AND IF YOU ORDER TODAY
, we'll throw in this scrumptious smackdown of Thomas Friedman courtesy of Matt Taibbi. Yes, we've linked to it before, but the classics never go out of style, do they?

4 comments:

thwap said...

Indeed. I'm tempted to construct something based on the moustache of understanding, but it ... just ... sigh.

Red Tory said...

Perfect!

It's amazing to think that so many people seem to think he's actually profound in some way.

Ti-Guy said...

Well of course he is...the rejection of common sense, the departure from evidence-based assertions and the embrace of wishful thinking is a radical concept, the implications of which are profound. Obviously you, Red Tory, are suffering from a failure of imagination. Dare to dream, for heaven's sakes.

The Flattening...I still chuckle over that.

Red Tory said...

Yeah, clearly that's the problem. A failure of the imagination... why didn't I think of that? Oh, wait... Never mind.