Humor in Pink

Richard Miniter:

Each one said that they were “frightened” by President Bush and that the war was “ugly.” These are literally childish complaints.

I couldn’t resist, so I asked: “When was the last time that you were in Iraq?”

Oh, they said, they would never go. It was too dangerous and so on.

But, I asked, how can you be sure if your views are correct if you haven’t seen the war first-hand?

They seemed puzzled by the question. They went on to cite television and print reports and activists they knew and so on.

Finally, I cut in. “You know that there are intelligence failures related to Iraq. What if there are media failures as well?”

Oh, don’t worry, the older one said. “We don’t watch Fox.”