{"id":51,"date":"2003-04-27T13:40:51","date_gmt":"2003-04-27T18:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=51"},"modified":"2005-02-04T11:55:55","modified_gmt":"2005-02-04T09:55:55","slug":"can-americans-do-irony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2003\/04\/27\/can-americans-do-irony\/","title":{"rendered":"can americans do irony?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As CNN<\/a> begins to look more and
\nmore like Fox<\/a> news (whose
\nCEO is none other than Bush’s cousin), I’m beginning to think there has<\/i>
\nto be some irony in all of this. I mean, they can’t actually expect the American
\npeople to buy into this crap, right? And even if they do, do we really have that
\nmuch selective amnesia about recent history\/politics? Unless other Americans are
\neither laughing, or as angry, as I am (it seems most aren’t), I guess we do.
\nHere’s
\nan article<\/a> about Ties
\nbetween Iraq and al Qaeda.<\/a> It claims to have found a document, in some Iraqi
\nheadquarters, that had bin Laden’s name on it, which means he may have been at
\na meeting with their "intelligence people." Interesting. Now, how does
\nthis compare to the fact the US trained, and put in power, both Hussein and bin
\nLaden? How does it compare to the actual PICTURES we have of our leaders meeting
\nwith them (including Rumsfeld)? There’re pictures of us training them, too. This
\nis common knowledge; why do we ignore it so liberally when pointing blame? In
\nthe US public eye this
\nnew "amazing find"<\/a> is going to justify the war (which was supposedly
\nfor Weapons of Mass Destruction no one is yet to see), and yet it won’t stop the
\nUS from making the same mistakes again – training and putting in a leader that
\nwill help its short-term goals (the new world order) and hurt them (and more importantly,
\nthe Iraqi people) in the long run.
\n"We have seen a dictator defy the world, and we have seen a coalition of
\nfree nations give its answer," Bush is quoted saying in this<\/a>
\narticle. Bush, and most Americans that support him, believe he is talking about
\nHussein. The rest of the world believes Bush is the dictator defying them.<\/i>
\nBush believes he is the leader of free nations, giving answer, and winning. The
\nrest of the world sees itself giving answer to Bush, and losing. So, which is
\nit?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As CNN begins to look more and more like Fox news (whose CEO is none other than Bush’s cousin), I’m beginning to think there has to be some irony in all of this. I mean, they can’t actually expect the American people to buy into this crap, right? 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