Is the sky blue? Was Armstrong the first man on the moon?

[lydy]

Do I really live in a world where US troops invaded an Iranian embassy and took hostages? (Calling them prisoners doesn't make it sound one whit better.) Was this only possible because Ted Koppel is no longer anchoring Nightline?

(The discussion may now dissolve into a muck of detail about embassies vs. consulates vs. who knew what and when they knew it, why the Kurds didn't think it was a good idea, and most of all, how this Doesn't Matter at All in the grand scheme of things. Knock yourselves out. But anyone who isn't at least a little alarmed by the ironic symmetry has no sense of poetry.)

Comments

[mplsvala.livejournal.com]

News to me. I tried looking for a news story on this and couldn't find one. Any idea where to look?

[lydy.livejournal.com]

Try this (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/world/middleeast/12raid.html?hp&ex=1168664400&en=489150d45b330eff&ei=5094&partner=homepage)

[mplsvala.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Isn't it funny, with the liberally biased media and all, how hard it can be to find news that could be condsidered impeachment evidence? Hmmmm. Couldn't this be viewed as an act of war against Iran? These weren't random terrorists storming the place. It's hard to get a clearer case of people acting on the official behalf of the government than soldiers. I suppose we're lucky they didn't shoot the Iranian military advisors (to the Shiites) or ship them off for questioning. We will indeed be lucky to get out of this without nuking Iran.