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January 22, 2007

In This Week's Version of "Been There, Seen That"

...to the world's complete shock and awe, Moqtada has directed his minions in a ad-hoc production of his
"Scuttle Off to Mosquello" routine.

...In a desperate bid to fend off a feared all-out American offensive, the cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, last Friday ordered the 30 lawmakers and six Cabinet ministers under his control to end their nearly two-month boycott. They were back at their jobs Sunday.

Al-Sadr had already ordered his militia fighters not to show weapons in public or at least when U.S. or Iraqi forces might see them. They have not, however, ceded control of the formerly mixed neighborhoods they have captured, killing Sunnis or forcing them to abandon their homes and businesses.

“We announce our return to parliament, we will attend today’s session, and the ministers will resume their work to serve the people,” Bahaa al-Araji, one of 30 lawmakers loyal to al-Sadr, said during a news conference attended by Sunni parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani. Al-Sadr also has six loyalist ministers in the 38-member Cabinet.


An old favorite by Iraq war standards, the crowd-pleasing, face-saving strategic retreat dance has worked time and time again and NO one ever seems to catch on. But this is a new round of chest thumping and loin girding by the administration, in cahoots with the always trustworthy Iraqi Prime Minister Now al Take-aliki. Are we gonna fall for it again? NeGOTIATE? Fool us once, shame on you. Fool us twice, shame on us. Fool us thrice...maybe it's time to leave, 'cause we're too STOOPID to stay.

So. Will the fat cleric get to keep his hottie Mahdis? Or will the Americans stick to their guns (literally) and schmear him like tub of mosquepone cheese?

Whuddaya gonna do, George?

Posted by tree hugging sister at January 22, 2007 09:13 AM

Comments

Personally, I vote for the schmear.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at January 22, 2007 09:30 AM

Schmears are especially good when the fat content is high.

Well, Peyton finally won the big one, so I guess anything IS possible, even though recent history tells us it won't happen...

Posted by: tree hugging sister at January 22, 2007 09:39 AM

I'm still waiting for the Blinding Flash of the Obvious to go off, when someone on the Left says, "Say... trying to win wars actually WORKS!"

Posted by: Nightfly at January 22, 2007 02:08 PM

You will be too toothless for creampuffs when that happens, Diptera.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at January 22, 2007 02:35 PM

'I'm still waiting for the Blinding Flash of the Obvious to go off, when someone on the Left says, "Say... trying to win wars actually WORKS!" '

The US and its stooges are winning in Iraq?

Wow, that really is a scoop, you'd better go tell the rest of the world outside the White House.

And while you're at it, have a look for those WMD's will ya?

Posted by: Timothy McVeigh at January 23, 2007 04:42 AM

The US and its stooges are winning in Iraq?

No, because no one's TRIED yet. You really are on top of things for a mass murderer, aren't you?

Posted by: tree hugging sister at January 23, 2007 07:55 AM