Meanwhile, in IraqNam..........................

[Jacobin]

Seven South Koreans, three Japanese and a Briton were reported Thursday to have been seized in Iraq and militants threatened to burn the Japanese alive unless their country withdrew its troops.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=4787864§ion=news

Hate to interrupt the CondiFest (I know its important), IraqNam is going fucking berserk.

[PsN2Wind]

1. So they kidnap

but we capture or take into custody.

[wryter2000]

2. OMG

:speechless:

[cheezus]

3. wow. so what do we do?

send in the special ops, or use the bush doctrine of screw you guys?

[Renew Deal]

10. Hide the matches

:evilgrin:

[drumwolf]

4. I'm not so sold on "IraqNam".....

IMO, "VietRaq" rolls off the tongue better. :)

[Hunter_1253]

5. I like the sound of...

Clusterfuck, but Iraqnam seems OK.

[CaptainClark23]

6. partial to Mess-o'-Potamia, myself

[laruemtt]

8. how about

"messodickcheneya" }(

[Karenina]

13. LOVE IT!!!

:spank:

[newyawker99]

9. Hi Hunter_1253!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[drumwolf]

12. Welcome to DU, Hunter!

"Quagmire" sounds pretty good too. :evilfrown:

[truthspeaker]

7. While I think threatening to murder hostages/prisoners is reprehensible

It should be noted that US troops don't take journalists captive - they shoot them on sight.

[democracyindanger]

11. Just when you think it can't get worse

The CondiFest and IraqNam are kinda tied together anyway. Two pots boiling over on the same stove. The only thing you're interrupting is DUPersonalIssueCon '04.