The Teheran Times (that’s the newspaper’s real name) is complaining about our Secretary of State’s unsuccessful ability to lie about prisoner interrogation and torture. The Teheran Times, mind you. As I keep on saying … you can’t make this shit up.
(Those of you too young to understand the title of this piece: it was part of an Oscar winning speech by actress Sally Fields that was satirized for years. The details behind the speech are a long story, but I felt I had to explain that since I do have a tendency to get a little obscure at time. Hey… I’m writing all this stuff, so I get to amuse myself now and again. But I digress …).
In fairness to the Teheran Times (chuckle, chuckle. I can’t help it), the newspaper did front-page the results of a 1700-person opinion poll regarding life in Iraq. It found:
•A majority wanted a united Iraq with a strong central government.
•71 percent said things were currently very or quite good in their personal lives.
•64 percent said things would be better in the coming year.
•57 percent said focusing on restoring public security had to be a priority for a new government. 10 percent said removing U.S. forces was a priority, while rebuilding infrastructure came in third.
We doubt you’ll read the 10 percent number anywhere in the US, but this is straight off the pages of the Teheran Times.
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