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BAGHDAD (The Borowitz Report)In a development that offers a faint glimmer of hope for Iraq, both Sunnis and Shiites are finding common ground in the view that former Vice-President Dick Cheney seriously needs to shut up.
In the days following the publication, this week, of a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece about Iraq that Cheney wrote with his daughter Liz, hatred of the former Vice-President has, to the surprise of many, become the first thing that Sunnis and Shiites have agreed upon in centuries.
Iraqi observers in recent days have reported seeing both Sunnis and Shiites reading the Cheneys op-ed then tearing it to shreds in a rage.
Cheney is an ass! a Sunni merchant reportedly exclaimed in a Baghdad market on Thursday, to the resounding cheers of several Shiites nearby.
Historically, its been challenging to find anything that Sunnis and Shiites agree on, said Sabah al-Alousi, a history professor at the University of Baghdad. Thats why their apparent consensus that Dick Cheney needs to shut the hell up is so significant.
Visiting Baghdad on Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry said that the joint Sunni-Shiite calls for Dick Cheney to shut his pie hole were a cause for optimism.
If Dick Cheney winds up being the one thing that brings Sunnis and Shiites together, the United States owes him a debt of thanks, he said, adding that the two sects view of the former Vice-President was also shared by the Kurds.
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PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)Inquiring minds want to know.....
Brother Buzz
(36,423 posts)Most stand up triples EVER.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)Gothmog
(145,195 posts)smallcat88
(426 posts)that the best thing we could do is drop Cheney and his vile offspring, alone and unarmed, into the middle of Baghdad. Best thing we could do to unite Iraq and get rid of him ourselves.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)smallcat88
(426 posts)his vile offspring.
IronLionZion
(45,438 posts)and see how well NRA talking points work in a real wild west gun fantasy.
smallcat88
(426 posts)is the gutless coward would probably shoot himself.
1monster
(11,012 posts)Amonester
(11,541 posts)the Entire World!!
The only in-significant minority, when compared to the world as a whole, that supports his crackpot views is the tealiban crowd...
They aspire to do the same to America, then the rest of the world, something that will never happen.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Because it is funny, and just deserves repeating.
Cheney is an ass! a Sunni merchant reportedly exclaimed in a Baghdad market on Thursday, to the resounding cheers of several Shiites nearby.
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They are so much like us it's scary.
Alex P Notkeaton
(309 posts)K&R
deutsey
(20,166 posts)spooky3
(34,447 posts)Andy Borowitz has deserved it for so long. It amazes me how many ideas he has--and a good heart. Thanks, AB.