Archive - Jan 12, 2008 - Blog entry

Just a quick observation.

As I punched in the MSNBC url on my browser (I certainly and unequivocally recommend Firefox), I skimmed over the big headline:

"Saddam's Party Welcomed Back in Iraq"

Underneath that, in the related box:

"Bush: 'Hope' Returning to Baghdad"

I didn't think about it at first. I just went along.

"Wait. What?!?" I thought to myself (I may have said it aloud, I was pretty shocked). "Bush regards the return of the Baath party as a sign of hope for Baghdad?" That seemed a bit counterintuitive, to say the least, so I read on.

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