America–we bombed the fuck outta that Zarqawi dude

This NY Daily News piece on the death of Zarqawi is both interesting and disgusting (in its slant, esp. in its choice of words). “Zarq is blown right to hell” screams the headline: they might have just added “America…FUCK YEAH!”

THen there’s doozy of a line: President Bush predicted yesterday that the air strike may “turn the tide of this struggle.” The experience Israel has had with Hamas (or the PLO back in the day), or heck, in general seems to point to the fact that killing one person puts a dent in the network but it doesn’t necessarily “turn the tide,” that’s more PR for the american public and for the world to chew on.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld marked the death by saying, “Over the past several years no single person on this planet has had the blood of more innocent men, women and children on his hands.” To figure out why you’re wrong, try looking in the mirror Rummy. I only hope that they live long enough to hear the world condemn them–of course much of the world already has–but its much more damning when that condemnation has the weight of time and history behind it.

[tags]Iraq, Zarqawi, Rumsfeld, Bush, war[/tags]