Look at these words and remember what they say: Andy Borowitz writes funny stuff.  Has been doing so for years.  When you see that funny stuff, commit to memory that it is political satire.  Then you will never again mistake something that you see with Andy’s byline for “fake news.” It is all really rather simple—something that even George W. Bush could probably do, were he to actually read anything, including Andy’s stuff.  As for funny stuff along with the serious stuff on truthdig, it has been thus with America’s great newspapers for more than a century—in the comic strips, of which some of the greatest have been and are political satire.

I agree with those that think Andy piece is really funny!  I especially enjoyed the last line about Dick Cheney and the use of the word “unwarranted”—my type of humor!

Also, I think there is a point to this piece as well.  I think it sends a message about how serious people with an evil mindset take themselves in order to have that evil mindset.  If they read the article, had a good laugh, and took themselves and others less seriously; I think they would do less evil.

Seems to me that the comments here are exaclty the kind of herd mentality that got us into war in Iraq in the first place.  All people are rational, it just depends on their motivations. 

If your motivation is to protect your country from invasion because the weakest member of the Bush-described “Axis of Evil” got it first, then by God you develop nuclear weapons.

Bad foreign policy.  Rational self-preservation from a state’s POV.

So, does KIS actually believe that Mahmoud is a “nut?”  He might.  Does KIS have nuclear weapons/delivery systems that could be launched to Seoul and Tokyo?  Absolutely.  Has he used them?  Absolutely NOT!!  Does that smack of rationality?  Absolutely YES in my view! (re: Mutually Assured Destruction, the US Cold War Defense Policy).

It is a textured view of the world that is required to navigate this difficult stretch of the river, not blanket presumptions…

L

Once again, a journalist has completely, and deliberately and fiendishly miscontrued remarks made by members of the Axis of Evil….Kim did not call the Iranian President “a total whack job”, that’s just the way he pronounces “Mr Amadinejad” in North Korean..and he always leaves them laughing when he says goodbye…...ruth

This guy just isnt funny at all.  Too bad he gets so much exposure.

This is funny; don’t let anyone tell you it isn’t. And we sure do NEED funny, yes we do! Thanks, Andy.

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I loved Andy’s piece.

It’s refreshing to hear some rational discourse for a change.

Oh, come on P&J…  It’s FUNNY!

diddo, this is the only place I get serious news if I want funny stuff I just listen to what comes out of the White House, so please, no more stuff that at first glance I think is true or you water down your effectiveness. Thanks, Don

This is funny, but I’d prefer Truthdig to not post funny fake news. There are other sites that do this better. This site should stick to what it does best: analysis.

This seems like a pretty unfunny rip-off of an Onion headline.  Why would Osama have replaced Saddaam in 2003, wouldn’t he have been in the Axis earlier on?