May 11, 2004

Speaking of stupid
We join WH WHore WHolf BLITZER as he makes another pathetic spectacle of himself:

BLITZER: For more on the war in Iraq and how the fight for the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people is going right now, I'm joined by Juan Cole, he's a professor of Middle East history at the University of Michigan. Professor, thanks very much for joining us. Are we exaggerating the impact of these prisoner abuse pictures within the heart and mind, let's say, of the Arab world?

Prof. COLE: I don't think there's any doubt this is an enormous event in the hearts and minds of the Arab world generally, you incredible moron. Nudity is a taboo in the Arab world. So far, there's been a great deal of rage and disappointment in Iraq, but it hasn't manifested itself to any great extent in street politics. There's been one big demonstration, a joint Sunni/Shiite demonstration at Abu Ghraib. But the major party leaders haven't come out and spoken forcefully. In other Arab countries, yes, it has brought enormous damage to the U.S. image.

BLITZER: Even though much worse atrocities go on in other Arab countries on a day-to-day basis?

COLE: What the holy baby Jesus is wrong with you, Wolf? I think it's always the case that a public minds the atrocities done to its people by a foreigner more than it minds internal atrocities. After all there's a great deal of prison abuse in the United States but Americans don't get as exercised about that as they do when an American is attacked by a foreigner. Christ. How much is the WH paying you?

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