Whoa now, soldier. Johnny never said he was going to make Iran, NorK and France "do America's bidding." He said he was going to make them like us again. The two are mutually exclusive.

He's either going to make them like us again or make us like them. As in he wants to turn this country in a bunch of liberal push-over weenies who work 35 hours a week and complain because nobody is paying for our Zoloft persciptions.

A nation of sitzpinklers.

Send Triumph the Insult Comic Dog over instead. Did wonders for Quebec.

What's up with this? "Kerry and Brant slept in the same quarters, and Brant used to put Kerry back to bed at night when Kerry was sleepwalking." Can you see Theresa doing this?

"Juanita...JuaNITA! Mr. Kerry is having one of his 'episodes' again. I want you to re-make the bed, and this time use the thousand thread count silk sheets. Then I want you to re-warm the bed, I just can't fall back asleep in a cold bed. Oh and fetch Mr. Kerry back before he commits a "war crime" with the Howels spaniel again."

Test: Diplomacy
Status: FAILED
Explanation: "When we dedicated swift boat one in '92, I said to all the swift guys that I wasn't talking about the swifties, I was talking about all the rest of the veterans."

Wait a minute, I thought Kerry's first Diplomatic Test were his talks with the North Vietnamese in Paris while the U.S. was still at war.

Kerry may be the only US statesman capable of calming the ruffled feathers of the allies. Bush has made the whole world the enemy. The cleanup won't be easy but it's got to be done. Thank goodness someone like Kerry is available just at the right time.

Ya know Ace, you allude to a point I always bring up to my Kerry-supporter friends.

Kerry says, if elected, he'll be able to bring all our "former allies" back into the fold through his "I'm really focused on making you my friend" diplomacy. These countries are widely assumed to be France, Germany, and Russia (how Russia was ever an ally, I have no idea-- I always figured that the best we could hope for from them was benign neglect).

Sooo. . . what I wonder is, wouldn't Kerry's election piss off the Brits, Aussies, Italians, Poles, South Koreans etc. who supported us in the war, but have been derided ever since by Kerry and the Left? I mean, if Bush is reelected, at a minimum he has the status quo: France, Germany, and Russia play mean. If Kerry is elected, there is no guarantee that F, G, and R will play nice-- but automatically, we're in the hole with the countries that, oh, ACTUALLY FOUGHT AND BLED WITH AMERICA.

If Kerry were really a serious man, he would take pride and show gratitude at the sacrifices our friends have made fighting in a war *we* chose to start (or finish, depending on how you look at it). Michael Moore may laugh at the Ukrainians fighting with us, but I simply sit in awe that nations with no obvious stakes care enough to send their men to fight alongside ours. Sure, I'm certain there's some realpolitik at play, and that they think that it'll pay off in some way in the end (trade agreements, defense deals). But our soldiers are still next to their soldiers, and vice versa, and that must count for something valuable in future diplomacy. For a long time to come, our nations will share in the sacrifices-- and achievements-- in this war. That collective memory will count for a lot one day (all those crosses may not mean much to the French anymore, but to some they do).

Cheers,
Dave
Arlington, Virginia

Akefa, were you perhaps aware that your name is an anagram for "a fake"?

Akefa is a sacred muslim name. You make yourself a foolish infidel by mocking it. There will be an accounting.

See what you've gone and done, see-Dubya? Dar al-Harb was bearable while it was just populated by "infidels," but now you've crossed the line and made yourself a "foolish infidel." Now we're all in big trouble. There will be an accounting.

Will this accounting be done by accountants? Cause I'm still waiting for my tax refund and I'm gonna be pissed if it gets delayed due to some Islamic bullshit.

akefa,

Please don't go threatening to sic your god on us. It's medieval and fucking goofy.

BRING. IT. ON.

He's right. I googled akefa and it's Arabic for "infinite idiot who wields sword of posting shit."

Huh. That's odd. I googled akefa too, and it's not just an Arabic word. Apparently, in Latin, it means "intellectual homunculus."

Akefa is a sacred muslim name. You make yourself a foolish infidel by mocking it. There will be an accounting.

It's OK. I've got H&R Block.

Akefa,

Dude, you absolutely rock. Funniest, craziest shiite all day. Couldn't stop laughing. Look forward to your continued pearls of wisdom.

There will be an accounting.

In related news, shooting will break out, and mistakes will be made.

I've already made a lot of mistakes, can I do the shooting next time?

Over at Drudge, I saw that J Kerry already tried to schmooze one of the swift boat vets, named Brant. Brant told him, and I paraphrase, "Pound rice." heh

When we dedicated swift boat one in '92, I said to all the swift guys that I wasn't talking about the swifties, I was talking about all the rest of the veterans.

When I first read this yesterday on Drudge, I was stunned. Can you believe he said this? Can. You. Believe. He. Said. This.

You can just see all of his campaign staff closing their eyes, lowering their heads, and letting out one huge collective groan.

One of you jokers is fakey Akefa, just trying to stir up some controversy. Who is it, fess up.

It is so hard to tell the mock-moonbat from the real ones. They all say the same stuff over and over again.

I occasionally do an only-slightly-over-the-top imitation of Akefa when the mood strikes. But I haven't done that here. Besides, I always call myself "Akefa 2" or "Akefa Jr." or something.

I can see it's time for another haiku...

Akefa. Moron?
Real troll or just satire?
A joke, either way.

Akefa:

"Foolish infidel.
There will be an accounting."
(Islam is peaceful)

"Akefa" is a well-known blog troll who's simply changed aliases. He/she will tire and move on.