10 to 1 says the boy is as big as a house from all the comfort food he's been shoveling down his throat too...
Posted on 03/08/2008 10:50:00 PM PST by atomic conspiracy
BAGHDAD - Iraq's elusive Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr has decided to drop out of politics for the time being because his disillusionment with the political scene in Iraq has left him sick and anxious, he said in an unusually personal letter to his followers released Friday. In a written response to a query from a group of followers asking why he hadn't been seen in public for so long, Sadr said he had decided to devote himself to a period of study, reflection and prayer after failing in his core mission to rid Iraq of the U.S. occupation or to turn it into an Islamic society. He also cited the betrayal of some followers, whom he accused of falling prey to "materialistic" politics. "So far I did not succeed either to liberate Iraq or make it an Islamic society -- whether because of my own inability or the inability of society, only God knows," Sadr wrote. "The continued presence of the occupiers, on the one hand, and the disobedience of many on the other, pushed me to isolate myself in protest. I gave society a big proportion of my life. Even my body became weaker, I got more sicknesses." Speculation has been intensifying as to the whereabouts of the maverick cleric, whose Mahdi Army militia twice fought U.S. troops in 2004 and then was accused of many of the sectarian killings of Sunnis that pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war. His last public statement came two weeks ago, when he renewed the six-month cease-fire that has been credited with helping bring down the levels of violence in Iraq. But he has not been seen in public since May.
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Same as McCain. He fights against the will of US conservatives, and sides with dems... Therefore “Maverick”
I agree with everyone else, that's a fantastic line.
Translation:
To all my followers—
We’re getting our asses kicked by the infidels. Better to give up than be blown up, insha’allah...er...wait...
Well you get the point. We’ve lost!
-Mookie
Many thanks! Feel free to borrow it, but poster Jimmy Valentine has pointed out that Goebbels actually shot himself (his family was poisoned). Not being a media fraud myself, I have to stand corrected. The line should be changed to ".... the greatest defeat for activist media since Goebbels shot himself." Still works, though; maybe even better.
Scared shiiteless?
10 to 1 says the boy is as big as a house from all the comfort food he's been shoveling down his throat too...
I would go with this one; "the greatest media defeat since Hitler went into the Bubker."
But, that's just me. ;-)
“Materialistic politics” win out again. The iman’s promise of virgins in the afterlife gets drowned out by the whirring of dishwasher motors and and the boisterous din of life in the here and now. Predicted here some time back. Ruthlessness followed up by sizeable dollops of benevolency works. You want the whip or an ice cream cone?
that’s just it. they aren’t being held accountable at all. they assume the relaxed drunk position in a wreck and walk away without a scratch. If these two get re-elected being so wrong, what does that say about their constituency?
I’d have preferred that he’d had to deliver this message by Ouija board.
He’s scared shiiteless about having to face our next Commander In Chief, Mad Dog McQueeg.
Yes. It’s a GREAT line, and deserves to be immortalized.
Let’s just say that I find that letter to be, ah, a little out of character. Of course, it’s entirely possible that Mook The Paunch could have seen the light and is now becoming a contemplative, apolitical ascetic. And flying purple monkeys could be popping out of my butt anytime now.
A slight modification, which you already know if you read the rest of the comments. Goebbels shot himself. It’s still marvelous, with that slight edit.
Leni
or just one: loser.
“He’s dead Jim.”
No way this clown goes from biggest, opportunistic, troublemaker in the region, to “gee, I’m just a frustrated politician”.
More likely, his supporters don’t know how to fill the vacuum created by his death, following a food poisoning induced coma.
‘Allies Victorious Over Traitor Press’
press to be hung
>;o}
Yeesh...I understand how he feels working with the team I do at work sometimes ha! Mookie is not so different trying to “manage” his employees. ...Perhaps the lefties could go over and do some ‘team building “exercises with him.ha.
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