I can’t understand why everybody seems so hyped up over Iran having Nukes. We all know by now that bombs don’t kill people, people kill people.

I like obie’s idea of a nuclear suicide bomber - I nominate Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle.

You dummies need to quit watching so much goddamn TV and look up “satire” in the dictionary.  Jesus, no wonder this country is going to hell in a handbasket with the dummies we have in the U.S.

I loved the spelling and play on words of troop and trooper.  Webster away!

We very well know that George W Bush evaded going to war during Viet Nam by disappearing from his national guard unit, in Texas(using his father’s influence.)
We know that Rumsfeld and Bush are holding each other up by the seat of their pants.
We know that George Bush believes in making war - what he doesn’t believe in is going to War himself. Niether does (incapable) Rumsfeld, that’s why he is sending one solitary trooper to lay the groundwork for negotiations with Iran. George Bush is the worst president we have ever had - in the history of the United States of America.
He surrounds himself with people who promote his demented whims.
john m sandoval

It’s a terrifying thought that maybe this is Rumsfields way to get in close with a form of our own ‘nuclear suicide bomber’. I wouldn’t put it past him….....

It seems to be two troops, or one trooper with two names. Okay, so maybe a humorist shouldn’t be held to the same spelling standards?

Hey Frank just because you know some obscure and insignificant grammatical fact does not give you the grounds to call out Borowitz.  Borowitz is your daddy, and so am I.

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Why don’t we send Rumsfelf himself to Iran so we can save Private Klugian ?

Funny you should say that, Frank, that was the first thought that came to mind. Just how many soldiers would be going? A group of soldiers or…just one?

The topic is tongue-in-cheek anyway.

No army can run on just a private, there need at least to be one accompanying general.

Could we have this general’s name please so that we can look out for his call to oust Rumsfeld once that said general has retired.

Andy, a ‘troop’ is a group of soldiers in a unit, not an individual. A ‘trooper’ is an individual in a troop, though ‘trooper’ is more often used to describe police officers rather than military personnel, with the exception of ‘paratroopers’.

A single soldier is called….a soldier.

You might want to Webster these military words before you use them

If Rummy holds true to form, the one troop he sends to Iran will be backed up with intelligence from the neocon Office of Special Plans. And maybe the one troop will even be supplied with body armor.