Are there lots of CAVES in Baghdad?

[Atman]

I just heard a clip of Bumbling Bush's ridiculous loop of reasons for staying the course in Iraq. He mentioned all the evil-doers hiding out in caves waiting to do us harm.

I've looked at a lot of pictures of Baghdad, before and after our "liberation." It was a city of about 5 million people. It had a modern infrastructure, with modern facilities. Now, the only caves anyone will find will be the ones we created with giant bombs.

Bush plays to the Ignorati. That is his core audience -- the woefully ignorant. He prays on it.

[dipsydoodle]

1. He's got his knickers in a twist

so what's new ? It's Afghanistan which has got the caves.

[soothsayer]

2. It doesn't even have TREES anymore---we cut them down to

keep insurgents from hiding behind them, or dropping coconuts on the troops or something

[Jacobin]

3. Yes. Its full of bat caves

And the bat caves have lots of terraists with horns on their heads who hate our freedoms and want to kill thousands of little puppies and take our SUVs away.

Why do you hate our freedoms?

[Gman]

4. The bats!

Raoul Duke: We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like:
Raoul Duke: I feel a bit lightheaded. Maybe you should drive.
Raoul Duke: Suddenly, there was a terrible roar all around us, and the sky was full with what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, and a voice was screaming:
Raoul Duke: Holy Jesus. What are these goddamn animals?
Dr. Gonzo: Did you say something?
Raoul Duke: Hm? Never mind. It's your turn to drive.
Raoul Duke: No point in mentioning these bats, I thought. Poor bastard will see them soon enough.