So I was watching CNN yesterday morning and I actually heard this:
"Despite the odds, the war in Iraq is still winnable."
Um, I'm sorry, morons, the odds are overwhelmingly in our favor. That would be like someone saying "Despite the odds, we can still beat Germany and Japan," in spring 1945.
Maybe that quote was originally uttered by Zarqawi. "My fellow revolutionaries, despite the fact that we have been 99% overrun by American Marines, and despite the fact that we mostly have to blow ourselves up to harm our enemies- not good for the war of attrition, mind you!- and despite the fact that my propaganda that democracy is offensive to Allah- which- curse the people!- seems to have been ignored- we can still win in Iraq. Despite the odds. All it will take is several dozen miracles."
I wonder how ol' Z-man feels today. Hmm, guy, three-quarters of Iraqis voted yesterday. Since he thrives on fear and the ignorance of people, I wonder if he even knows that he's rapidly becoming irrelevant. Or maybe he's so full of zeal that he can't tell. Whatever. Isn't he dead yet?
UPDATE: I have another random post, but since it has to do with Zarqawi, I'll just tack it on at the end here.
I read Proverbs every morning (try to anyway). Proverbs is real handy 'cuz it's got 31 chapters and there's 31 days in a month. Okay, five months have less than 31 days, but you can double up on the 30th if you need to. Besides, Proverbs 31 is special. It's the one they wrote about my wife.
Anywho. There was a passage I came across that just screamed "Zarqawi" at me. I think it was the whole "mouth full of swords and knives" thing. But I think it describes him pretty well, so I thought I'd share it.
There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers; those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth; those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful; those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from among mankind.-Proverbs 30:11-14, NIV