G&S meet 21st century "The Jihadies of Penzance" -humor!

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For all you Gilbert & Sullivan fans, Spengler at the Asia Times online has a wonderful parody using actual BushCo quotes.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GC22Ak04.html



Here is a sample: "I am the Very Model of a State Department Diplomat"

I am the very model of a State Department Diplomat
I've studied your geography from Sinai through to Ararat
I speak of local dialects a smidgen and a smattering
And spend my time at cocktail parties gossiping and chattering.
I know a charging rhino from a bathing hippopotamus,
and trace my genealogy to Homo foggybottomus.
I dine at Arab restaurants in Mayfair and Belgravia
And memorize the dialogue from Lawrence of Arabia.
When I can promise Syria a leaseback on the Golan Height
When I can tell a Twelver from a Sunni or a Maronite
In short when you are ready to expostulate: "Let's gas the bore!"
You'll think I'm an exemplary American Ambassador.

Hezbollah chorus:
In short, when we are ready to expostulate: "Let's gas the bore!"
We'll see he's an exemplary American Ambassador.


Well, different empire, same idiocy. Thanks, Spengler, and G&S.;)