Jack and Owen listen to the radio news when it’s on, and always ask a lot of questions. For a while now, they’ve been focused on the situation in Iraq. This morning, they heard the report of the mess hall bombing. The conversation went like this:
Jack: “What did the radio say?”
Mom: “An Iraqi citizen committed a suicide bombing and killed a lot of soldiers.”
Jack: “It sounds like they still really don’t want us there.”
Owen: “Are we winning the war?”
Jack: “O-wen (said with much exasperation) the President already said we won the war.”
Owen: “How can we be the winners if they keep killing the soldiers?”
Jack: “The ‘Iraqians’ (Jack’s term for Iraqis) didn’t want Saddam (Jack always calls him by his first name) but they don’t want us there either.”
Owen: “I think the President should just bring all the soldiers home.”
Along those lines, I saw a quote today … can’t immediately find the source (help, Ellen???) but it seems to fit in with this morning’s conversation:
“They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don’t we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys and it’s worked for over 200 years, and hell, since the Patriot Act, it’s not like we’re using it anymore.”
Hmm. Wonder why that double-posted?
As far as I can tell, Jay Leno said it in the spring of 2004. Not 100% sure, but that seems to be the usual attribution.
As far as I can tell, Jay Leno said it in the spring of 2004. Not 100% sure, but that seems to be the usual attribution.