ODD
The worker’s flag was deepest red
It shrouded oft our martyred dead
But now it’s blue
And the blood will show through

SURPRISE, SURPRISE
No sooner is the election over than the Battle of Fallujah is underway. And from the way we’ve been softening up the city, the civilian casualties we’ll never hear about will be horrendous. And on the symbolic level we’ll be handing the Jihad a fucking legend. Pound a fortress/city with rockets, air strikes and artillery and then go in with infantry, it’s going to create the resonances of history; Masada, Hue, Stalingrad, The Alamo. Shee-it, George, there you go makin’ martyrs again. Even a dumb asshole like you must remember The Alamo.

The secret word is Conscript.