Mike Malloy on Zarqawi

Hot Dam! We killed him again! This time it’s for real. Honest! And we got him this time as the result of a two-week long (!?) hunt for the world’s number one terrorist. Or is/was he number two? Three? Who cares? He’s dead. Do you doubt it? Well, look at the picture of his corpse; it’s all over television today. And the Internet. Arguably, pictures of this particular corpse have been seen in twenty-four hours by more people than saw pictures of Stalin’s in half a century. Reports say Terrorist Numero Uno was killed when US warplanes dropped a couple of 500 pound bombs on his hideout. Or was it just one? No matter, he’s dead. Kaput. Erased. Yay!

However, the killing of young American soldiers will continue, of course. The butchering of thousands of innocent Iraqis will continue also. On and on and on. No end in sight. Ask George Bush or any ranking member of his Crime Family. This is the first war of the 21st Century, after all. And let’s not ask why he was killed today – or, perhaps, why his death was only announced today. The Bush Crime Family had at least three instances when Numero Uno could have been erased easily, quickly, no muss, no fuss. But, on each occasion Bush said no deal. See, Bush hadn’t yet invaded Iraq when Uno’s whereabouts were discovered and targeted. Had Uno been killed then – before the war – well, there wouldn’t have been any reason to invade Iraq.

Not any real reason. Not any reason that could have been sold to the American public, to our media, and to our weak, ineffective representatives in Congress. So, Bush wouldn’t allow the hit when it could have been clean and exact. Odd, isn’t it. A man – George W. Bush – who so obviously loves death and destruction (other folks) saying no to a kill. But, that would have weakened, if not destroyed, Bush’s wet dream: To be (gasp!) a real war president. Like Roosevelt. And, um, Churchill. And some of them others, too, as Bush would say. Well, it’s a good way to kick off a warm, almost-summer weekend. Death. A good one, too. This execution will certainly cut down (so to speak) on the number of beheadings in Iraq, right? And the kidnappings. And the IEDs that are killing and maiming our soldiers. Right? No? You don’t think so?

Well, then, as the foul-smelling Ann Coulter has declared, you must be a liberal who hates America and wants to see Jesus re-crucified, only with more anguish; put nails in his eyes this time. How else to explain the skepticism you’re feeling, your suspicion that today’s killing was nothing more than theatre, entertainment, a blatant effort to influence the upcoming elections? But. George W. Bush has his kill. He’s a war president. And, that’s what really matters. We'll talk about this outstanding victory for Oceania tonight. Attendance, of course, is required.

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