The Onion continues its history of devastating political satire this week with almost-too-real-to-be-funny items like U.S. Forms Own U.N. (Dick Cheney: "I can't tell you how much easier it is to achieve consensus when you don't have to worry about dissent") and Sheryl Crow Unsuccessful; War On Iraq Begins ("In spite of recording artist Sheryl Crow's strong protestations, including the wearing of a 'No War' guitar strap, the U.S. went to war with Iraq last week. 'Making the decision to go to war is never easy, but it's that much harder when you know Sheryl Crow disapproves,' White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said at a press conference Monday").
Posted by Darren Wershler-Henry at March 26, 2003 10:22 AMHey, don't forget "Vital Info On Iraqi Chemical Weapons Provided By U.S. Company That Made Them" ( "It's terrifying what Iraq has," Pentagon spokesman James Reese said Monday. "Saddam possesses massive stockpiles of everything from ethylene to thiodiglycol, according to sales records provided by Alcolac." The Pentagon has also been collecting key intelligence on Iraqi nuclear weapons and guidance systems from Honeywell, Unisys, and other former U.S. suppliers to Iraq) and Dead Iraqi Would Have Loved Democracy
(Baghdad resident Taha Sabri, killed Monday in a U.S. air strike on his city, would have loved the eventual liberation of Iraq and establishment of democracy, had he lived to see it, his grieving widow said).