OVERHEARD AT THE OVAL OFFICE
“Don, you got me into this mess and you have to help me get out of it!”
The President’s tone was severe and left no doubt that he expected the loyal SOD to come up with a brilliant and immediate solution. But that was not what the loyal SOD was thinking. He replied:
“Now President, don’t go blaming others for the mess that you and Dick cooked up. I only limited my participation in the Iraq invasion to make sure that our brave soldiers would lead us to victory and glory. Which they did until you geniuses at the Big House started to talk about things like regime change, war against universal terrorism including the solar system, reform of Islam, let women play tennis and vote, allow Wal Mart to build a hundred stores and have the Halliburton Philanthropic Brotherhood manage their oil and natural gas and rebuild the country”
“Never mind. The thing is to solve today’s problem. What sort of theme can we adopt now. You know how fond of slogans and catchy phrases our peasants are. I though up a few. What do you think?”
“Excellent idea. Let us hear them”
“Here we go: ‘The Great US Homerun’, ‘Saving the Iraqi Boat”, ‘Milk and Honey in the Middle East’, ‘A Step into the Future, ‘Iraqi Mon Amour’
The SOD shook his head and said:
“Not catchy enough. How about using something like ‘A short step for Iraq and a Great Step for the Middle East’, or ‘Iraq and Tomorrow’, ‘The US Does it Again!’”
It was the President’s turn to shake his head. At that moment, Condoleezza entered the Oval Office and out of breath exclaimed:
“I just had a great victory. I think I have finally settled the Israel-Palestine problem! It is a victory that we must celebrate. I dedicate this victory to you Mister President because in a small part is also your victory!”
“The SOD and the President looked at each other and nodded. The President said:
“That is it! Victory is the theme, whatever that means!”
“Can I pull the troops?”
“What for? They can celebrate our victory in Iraq!
The President’s tone was severe and left no doubt that he expected the loyal SOD to come up with a brilliant and immediate solution. But that was not what the loyal SOD was thinking. He replied:
“Now President, don’t go blaming others for the mess that you and Dick cooked up. I only limited my participation in the Iraq invasion to make sure that our brave soldiers would lead us to victory and glory. Which they did until you geniuses at the Big House started to talk about things like regime change, war against universal terrorism including the solar system, reform of Islam, let women play tennis and vote, allow Wal Mart to build a hundred stores and have the Halliburton Philanthropic Brotherhood manage their oil and natural gas and rebuild the country”
“Never mind. The thing is to solve today’s problem. What sort of theme can we adopt now. You know how fond of slogans and catchy phrases our peasants are. I though up a few. What do you think?”
“Excellent idea. Let us hear them”
“Here we go: ‘The Great US Homerun’, ‘Saving the Iraqi Boat”, ‘Milk and Honey in the Middle East’, ‘A Step into the Future, ‘Iraqi Mon Amour’
The SOD shook his head and said:
“Not catchy enough. How about using something like ‘A short step for Iraq and a Great Step for the Middle East’, or ‘Iraq and Tomorrow’, ‘The US Does it Again!’”
It was the President’s turn to shake his head. At that moment, Condoleezza entered the Oval Office and out of breath exclaimed:
“I just had a great victory. I think I have finally settled the Israel-Palestine problem! It is a victory that we must celebrate. I dedicate this victory to you Mister President because in a small part is also your victory!”
“The SOD and the President looked at each other and nodded. The President said:
“That is it! Victory is the theme, whatever that means!”
“Can I pull the troops?”
“What for? They can celebrate our victory in Iraq!
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