NationStates Jolt Archive

The difficulties experienced in Iraq have not put Americans off going to war again, CNNNN's Julian Morrow found when he surveyed people on the streets of Texas.

While the failure to capture Saddam Hussein, locate any weapons of mass destruction or control the almost daily terrorist attacks might have discouraged a lesser imperial power, Americans are already sizing up the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan as their next invasion target.

Though CNNNN commentator Chris Taylor said that the 'teething problems' in Iraq should not be seen as any indicator that the war had been anything other than a complete success, he admitted he had been encouraged by what he termed Americans' "refusal to think twice" before rushing into another conflict.

Taylor paid tribute to the Americans' refusal to let even their prior ignorance of Kyrgyzstan's existence stop them from declaring war on the former Soviet republic.

"It's that sort of devil-may-care, gung-ho attitude from Donny Rumsfeld down that has made the US so universally popular around the world today," he commented.

In fact, Morrow's investigation discovered almost universal enthusiasm for a war on Kyrgyzstan. "I don't think they're powerful enough to be a threat to America," one person commented when interviewed. "But we should invade them anyway."

Another American on the streets of Texas said that the argument for a war was very simple. "Bush must be right. He's a Texan!"

Yes, it's a parody courtesy of our friends at: CNNNN (http://www.cnnnn.com)

oh PHEW

i wasnt looking forward to invading a country i cant spell

oh PHEW

i wasnt looking forward to invading a country i cant spell
Or pronounce...

Cir...sir....kur....jiz.....kur-giss-stan?

I saw a bumper sticker on my way to work this evening (no joke).

It read, "I'm bored, who do we invade next?"

While the failure to capture Saddam Hussein, locate any weapons of mass destruction or control the almost daily terrorist attacks might have discouraged a lesser imperial power, Americans are already sizing up the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan as their next invasion target.

they caught hussein.

they haven't caught bin laden though.

the newsbars on that site remind me why i don't watch CNN :mad:

they caught hussein.

they haven't caught bin laden though.
and he might very well be hiding in Kyrgyzstan, or Turkmenistan, or maybe even Tadzhikistan(or Tajikistan for that matter).

they caught hussein.

they haven't caught bin laden though.
I never caught Suddam Hussien... :( :( :( :(

Cir...sir....kur....jiz.....kur-giss-stan?

Im in a US history class at a US government institution. They recently forced me to memorize the capital of Kyrgyzstan in addition to the location of this useless country. I have managed to forget the former by now but am struggling to forget the latter. I wonder if this is indeed a preperation for an invasion.

However, describing the second gulf war as "teething" is foolish, stupid, and ignorant. It has indeed produced results of some sort and policies have adjusted to deal with changing situations.

Im in a US history class at a US government institution. They recently forced me to memorize the capital of Kyrgyzstan in addition to the location of this useless country. I have managed to forget the former by now but am struggling to forget the latter. I wonder if this is indeed a preperation for an invasion.

However, describing the second gulf war as "teething" is foolish, stupid, and ignorant. It has indeed produced results of some sort and policies have adjusted to deal with changing situations.

First, no country is "useless"; second, with this attitute as a government worker I now know why America got so low in foreign affairs...

Given the US president can't seem to pronounce Iraq correctly, they should steer clear of Cir...sir....kur....jiz.....kur-giss-stan.

I suggest they stick to places with short names, or elect a more intelligent president.

First, no country is "useless"; second, with this attitute as a government worker I now know why America got so low in foreign affairs...

I am a "government worker" all of a sudden? OH NO.

Now they will persecute me for having made those statements!

I saw a bumper sticker on my way to work this evening (no joke).

It read, "I'm bored, who do we invade next?"

That's just awful. It's "whom do we invade next?". ;)

I am a "government worker" all of a sudden? OH NO.

Now they will persecute me for having made those statements!


"US history class at a US government institution"... Sorry for the wrong conclusion.

And noone will persecute you, but I, as citizen of a small European country, find it wrong of Americans to degrade smaller, economically weaker nations as "useless". After they spit apart from the USSR, they had few more than their national identity and they managed to survive.

It's pronounced Kir-Gis-Tan. The y's are pronounced like i's and the zs is just s.

[Edit: Invading is not cool!]

And noone will persecute you, but I, as citizen of a small European country, find it wrong of Americans to degrade smaller, economically weaker nations as "useless". After they spit apart from the USSR, they had few more than their national identity and they managed to survive.

Its illegal for employees of the state of washington to actively forward controversial views in context of their duties. This is, obviously, not widely enforced, but education workers at state institions are generally subject.

As for useless countries, that was really not a serious statement. It is, after all, possible to rent the entire nation of Lichtenstein for special occasions, or at least that used to be possible. Obviously that is a good function, which it serves in addition to being a tax shelter for European businessmen. However, they have any real significance in American foreign policy, much like Kyrgyzstan. And unlike Kyrgyzstan, Lichtenstein is quite rich and was not exploited by the USSR.