Ted Rall for July 04, 2005

Transcript:

For sale: war, Iraq. (Bush: Talk about bad planning: 3 years, 1700 dead soldiers, but we still need a name for the "war in Iraq!") "Our lack of foresight is your chance to put your name on history. That's right: we're selling corporate sponsorship for the carnage. (Radio: 3 suicide bombers killed 67 Iraqis and 14 Americans yesterday. Also in the [insert your company's name] war, a heli-) "Forget schools and sports stadiums... only naming your own war can buy this premium level of exposure! (Man: Ma'am, I regret to inform you that your son has been killed in the mountain dew x-treme freedom blitz south of Basra.) "Oh, and we really need the money." (Woman: It's down to the EPSON cartridge cartel conflict and the Vitamin Water Mesopotamian march.) (Man 2: Finally! We've gotta pay off the Haliburton Iraqapalooza!