Althouse: "Zarq is blown right to hell."

June 9, 2006

"Zarq is blown right to hell."

Daily News Headline.

Stephen Colbert, on last night's show: "al-Zarqawi is al-Kablooey."

Heard any other good lines? (And do these things ever go too far? A man did die...)

16 comments:

The Drill SGT said...: After the attack, our forces found al-Zarqawi in the living room of the house, as well as the kitchen, the dining room and one bedroom.; 6/9/06, 7:04 AM
James Wigderson said...: I went with, "Wowie-Zowie say goodbye to Zarqawi". It's a name that just lends itself to dark humor.; 6/9/06, 7:12 AM
Jennifer said...: The guys at Blackfive had a couple of fun zingers.

"Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is currently backstroking in The Lake of Fire....Wake up with a smile America, Zarqawi ate a 500lb bomb in Baquba yesterday"

""Welcome to Hell, here's your Pineapple..." (reference to Littly Nicky and Hitler's daily rectal pineapple fittings); 6/9/06, 7:16 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Like James, I like the lines that do things with the name. The Daily News article also has "Zarqawi zapped," which I'm sure was widely used. A Z just begs for alliteration.; 6/9/06, 7:37 AM
Mark Haag said...: As to your original question, Ann, I think we CAN go to far in enjoying someone's death. Not because Zarqawi didn't "need killin'", but because (and we don't like to admit it to ourselves)hurting other people can feel good and we shouldn't indulge the feeling too much.; 6/9/06, 8:16 AM
R3 said...: Quietnorth hits the nail right on the head.; 6/9/06, 8:20 AM
Azuris said...: "The Meeting Ended Early"

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/014331.php

That made me laugh aloud.; 6/9/06, 8:40 AM
amba said...: I used "Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead" and then discovered that one of the HuffPo huffers and puffers had too -- in the negative.

I am astounded by the left voices saying Zarqawi's killing was a "stunt" and that he was an "invented menace" (link above). How anyone can refuse to rejoice in this achievement just because of who achieved it is beyond me. Proof positive that the left consider some Americans who disagree with them worse enemies than the jihadis who want to kill them. For people who claim to be "reality-based," they have no sense of reality.; 6/9/06, 8:43 AM
Ann Althouse said...: The grave is a safe house. No one can hurt you there (as people who bury loved ones often say to try to comfort themselves).; 6/9/06, 8:59 AM
The Drill SGT said...: CriticalObserver said...
What is odd is how everyone claims that somewhere there are people rejoicing, but nowhere have I seen anyone dancing in the street.

Here are some yahoo flics of happy people.

I also saw the PM's news conference and saw/heard the reporters, mostly Iraqi break out into jubilant clapping.

I also understand that Arab TV was now playing the video of Z with his weapon malfunction clip. How quickly the press can turn on you. :); 6/9/06, 9:38 AM
John said...: The funniest thing I heard was the details on how they found him:

Apparently, they crop dusted the general area where they thought he was with Viagra and waited for the little prick to stand up and show himself!; 6/9/06, 10:09 AM
goesh said...: Zarkman zipped today, gunners get free beer; 6/9/06, 10:37 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Next time you're with someone and you think you're lost, you can say "Where the Zarqawi?"; 6/9/06, 11:37 AM
goesh said...: laff laff, I think it ties the GEICO line for 1st place; 6/9/06, 12:23 PM
Andrew Foland said...: What does our own military think about Zarqawi?

Conclusion of Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmet(US chief military spokesman):

The Zarqawi PSYOP program is the most successful information campaign to date.

Col Derek Harvey, JCS head of Iraqi Intelligence:

Our own focus on Zarqawi has enlarged his caricature, if you will -- made him more important than he really is, in some ways...The long-term threat is not Zarqawi or religious extremists"

I am sure Zarqawi is a real person, a bad man, and that his death will ease the lives of American servicemen and women, and of Iraqi civilians as well. Nobody (and I mean that- nobody) is saying otherwise, that his death is anything but a net gain. But I think you'd have to be paying very little attention to reality to think that the gain will be significant.

And in that sense, yes, one can celebrate too much.; 6/9/06, 1:20 PM
Patrick Wahl said...: Michael Totten had a nice collection. the shortest pithiest was from Will Collier - "Rest in pieces".

http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/001154.html; 6/9/06, 5:16 PM