My mother recently bought a new (and really good) cheese. I highly recommend it. It’s so good, that I had a dream about it.
I was standing on my front porch where a gathering of some sort was taking place. The focus of which was our guest, presidential hopeful, John Kerry. Kerry was talking to me and a small group of others about the reconstruction of Iraq, and the need of the US to get foriegn (especially European) help.
| Kerry: | The occcupation isn’t going nearly as well as the Whitehouse was telling us it would be before the war. The military, under orders from the White House, is violating the Geneva Conventions in regards to the treatment of POWs. The Geneva Conventions clearly state that each prisoner is entitled to 1 piece of cheese with breakfast, 2 pieces of cheese with lunch, and 3 pieces of cheese with dinner. One for pork, one for beef, and one for chicken. The White House has ordered that the Iraqi prisoners only get two pieces of cheese for dinner, under the auspices that Muslims don’t eat pork, so they don’t need the cheese for pork. Now this doesn’t sound like much, but it’s the principle. First, the United States undertakes unprovoked invasions of countries with UN approval. Now the United States violates the Geneva Conventions.
Now we’re occupying Iraq. The fact is that rebuilding Iraq is going to be long and expensive. We simply can’t afford to do this alone. Not economically. Not diplomatically. But the President has alienated our allies with his “go it alone” rhetoric, and insults like “old Europe”. We need the EU’s help, and that means Germany and France. However with all the talk of needing to punish France and the rest of allies for respecting the wishes of their public, I just don’t see that happening. |
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| me: | Senator. My mother recently bought some cheese at Sam’s that’s really good, and it’s from Denmark. Perhaps we could get the Danes to provide the cheese to the prisoners. I know it’s not much, but it could serve as a figleaf to star repairing the damage done to the transatlantic alliance. |
| Kerry: | Danish cheese you say? I didn’t know the Danes made cheese. |
| me: | Niether did I, and it’s really good. Would you like to try it? |
| Kerry: | Yes, please. |
| I go in to the kitchen, slice some pieces of the cheese off and serve it on a saucer with toothpics. | |
| Kerry: | Mmmm. This is good! And it’s made by the Danes you say? |
| me: | Yes. shows the label with the Danish flag on it |
| Kerry: | It’s European, so it brings the EU into the reconstruction. It’s not French, so those damn “punish France” neocons will vote for it. And it’s cheese, so we can comply with the Geneva Conventions. This might work. Thank you. You’ve done a service to your country. |
| me: | I’m just glad to help Senator. |
