Oh, this is a shock...

[gridlore]

Right after word came that US casualties in Iraq had broken the 1,000 mark, came this announcement from Reich Minister for Fatherland Security, Herr Ridge.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1152&slug=Ridge%20Terrorism

So, we've lost a thousand troops.. LOOK! Terrorists! Under the bed! Run!

Tom Ridge has become the Bureaucrat who Cried Wolf. Whenever the current administration needs to distract the media, Ridge comes out with yet another ominous, vague warning about terrorism.

The sad thing is that this is beoming so predictable that I saw about ten people comment that they expected a terrorism warning the moment they heard about the casualty count.

I can't wait until November.

Comments

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

I can't wait until November.

Me, I can't wait till October, when they "find" Osama bin Laden.

Gessi

[bunyip.livejournal.com]

a complete shock

[isomeme.livejournal.com]

Remember the scene toward the end of 1984 where Winston predicts the "surprise" news broadcast about a military triumph in detail, then shows no particular surprise when that broadcast starts a few minutes later?

I never thought I'd know how he felt.

[angeleyes8410.livejournal.com]

Today in Political Science right after our teacher announced that a girls' cell phone went off telling her her brother was MIA. It was the saddest thing in the world.

P.S. Isn't it funny that US troops are still dying after the war is over and after we have passed over sovereignty to the Iraqis?