I feel like I must be missing something...

"If we were to quit Iraq before the job is done, the terrorists we are fighting would not declare victory and lay down their arms. They would follow us here, home," Bush told a crowd of about 1,000 gathered at a West Virginia Air National Guard maintenance hangar.

Really? We have to fight the terrorists in Iraq because otherwise they will attack us at home?

Can't terrorists *already* attack us at home? Are we safer in Iraq than in the US? Wouldn't Shi'ite militants trained by Iran find it harder to kill US soldiers with EFPs, IEDs, and RPGs if the soldiers were in Watertown, NY, or Killeen, TX?

Are terrorists finding it all that hard to attack us in the US? Sure, the latest groups in the UK seem to have been a bit inefficient, but the 7/7 bombers in London, the 3/11 bombers in Spain, and the 9/11 hijackers in the US seem to have been able to attack us here just fine.

I have this nagging feeling that some part of of the president's statement just ...doesn't...make...sense.

late-day post: government at its finest

My mum received a letter today addressed to my dad from the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Taxation:

Dear Customer: We recently received information from you indicating that you are no longer required to file sales and use tax returns effective March 31, 2007. Please check your records and verify that this information is correct. If it is incorrect, please notify us immediately. If you have any questions or need assistance,please call us at [number]

Her comment? "In view of the fact that I sent a death certificate, I wonder what kind of help they have in mind....." Pure New England Yankee. :-)

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I publicly would thank the person who pointed out this Onion article to me, but that might result in his or her immediate disappearance...