Some in black tie; others, body bags - Susan Lenfestey

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Last update: January 19, 2005 at 7:06 PM

Susan Lenfestey: Some in black tie; others, body bags

Susan Lenfestey

January 20, 2005


It's time to party.

As the families of bomb-flattened Fallujah huddle in make-shift refugee camps, drinking from sewage-filled streams, Iraqi policy mastermind Paul Wolfowitz fastens the last stud into his starched collar.

As the Iraq Survey Group ends its search for WMD, concluding that there was no imminent mushroom cloud or even a smoking gun, Condi Rice draws herself a hot bath.

As Sgt. Kevin Benderman, an Army mechanic with nine years of service, refuses a second deployment to Iraq, saying, "You just don't know how bad it is," Colin Powell pours himself a drink.

As Specialist Charles A. Graner, miscreant and major-domo of Abu Ghraib, shuffles off to prison, Donald Rumsfeld straightens the black tie of his tux.

As the 9/11 widow tucks her children into bed, wondering why the recommendations made in "The 9/11 Commission Report" weren't implemented, Tom Ridge tightens his cummerbund.

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[uppityperson]

1. Good article. Thank you. n/t

[murray hill farm]

2. Wonderful piece!

Thank you for sharing it!

[adigal]

3. Powerful - I am going to email it around n/t

[For PaisAn]

4. Excellent

Short, devastatingly true, to the point and right on target.
F' these murderers.

[watercolors]

5. THANK YOU

excellant article, e-mailing off to family and freinds and posting it on the wall at work!