Just LIke the Movies

Last night, as I was sitting in front of my television, trying to find something of even modest interest, I stumbled across a mindless piece of drivel entitled Independence Day, whose premise is that alien beings are setting upon the earth with the intent to destroy it. Somehow, all of mankind comes together to fight the common enemy, with the United States and its fighter-pilot President, assisted by a drunk cowboy flyer and a hot-shot ace pilot and a brilliant scientist, leading the charge. I did not watch it, as I'd suffered through it before, but I recalled it very well.

As one would expect, the U.S. team wins the day at the end of the movie, and the world rejoices.

This is uncannily similar to the scenario in Iraq, isn't it?

Osama bin Laden and his crew of evil scum have set upon the earth, launching their biggest effort to date from Afghanistan. All of mankind has come together, pursuing him and his followers from Afghanistan to Pakistan and then to Iraq, where he cunningly has hidden his weapons of mass destruction so that not only can't we find them, neither can he. Six years later, our cowboy President, assisted by people whose irrational behavior makes them look like they are drunk and/or suffering from religious delusions, is leading the charge against bin Laden.

As one would expect, the U.S. team won the day after only months on the ground, when cowboy declared, "Mission Accomplished."

Now we are recognized the world over as glorious and a friend and protector to good people everywhere.