Juan has posted a hilarious and heart breaking
joke sent to him from a friend in Baghdad, where various key players in Iraq attempt to answer why the chicken crossed the road. A couple of shorter ones quoted below.
Muqtada al-sadr
The chicken is a tool of the evil coalition and will be killed.
U.S. Marine corps
The chicken is dead.
http://www.juancole.com/
As I read through I was struck by the Iraqis's very sophisicated understanding of what is going on (and their high sence of irony), especially compared to our population's. Apparently, the Iraqis have been subjected to propaganda so long they can smell shit a mile off.