April 25, 2003
THANK YOU TARIQ AZIZ!
If it weren't for yesterday's capture of Iraq's deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz, everyone might easily be prone to pointing out today that "Belicove" sounds an awful lot like "bellicose." You see, for about an hour yesterday afternoon, every major news outlet website was running the following headline (or something very similar):
US rejects 'bellicose statements' from N. Korea
Apparently U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Thursday that talks on North Korea's suspected nuclear weapons program ended a day earlier than expected in Beijing, and that the United States would not be intimidated by "bellicose statements" from Pyongyang.
On a slow news day, Powell's use of the "bellicose" card made for a great headline; that is, until news broke about the capture of Iraq's deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz. Quicker than you can say 'no thanks' to bowl of 45-day-old Gumbo, nearly every news outlet droped the 'bellicose' thing in favor of the news about Aziz. And I for one could not be happier. Just imagine what my friend Luke goes thru on almost a daily basis (click here to see for yourself).
Posted by Mikal at April 25, 2003 5:45 AM
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