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Rude Horner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-13-06 10:47 AM
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Iraq War Infomercial
Edited on Mon Feb-13-06 10:54 AM by Rude Horner
The Onion does it again.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/45116

The Onion
The paid program, called Amazing Policies, opened with a splashy title sequence, then cut to the audience greeting Rumsfeld and Evans with applause.

"From what you've heard about foreign wars, I bet you all think freedom in Iraq costs about $500 trillion and 2 million civilian casualties," Rumsfeld said. "Well, you're wrong. Try $238 billion and some 30,000 casualties!"

"I don't know," a skeptical Evans responded. "That insurgency looks pretty ground in. I don't think you'll ever get something like that out."

"Think again, Linda," Rumsfeld said. "If you'll just put on these goggles and look into that screen, you can see for yourself!"

"Whoa!" Evans said, after gutting an underground bunker with a remote-controlled cluster bomb. "It's so easy."
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