President Obama:  Gentlemen, it's confirmed.  We've located the hideout of Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.  I want a small team of tough, highly trained American soldiers to breach his compound and kill him.  No collateral damage.  A nighttime operation, in and out in under an hour.  It will be dangerous, difficult and I will not tolerate failure.  Admiral, are the Navy SEALS up to the challenge?
Admiral Roughead:  Yes, sir, I'll get right on ...
General Dempsey:  Sir, the Rangers are ready to undertake this mission.
President Obama:  I'm thinking of using the SEALS here, Marty.
General Dempsey:  But sir, with all due respect, this is a ground op.  It's 600 miles from the nearest boat.  Army is the way to go.
General Amos:  If I may interject, the Marine Corps has a long, proud history of both land and sea ...
General Dempsey:  Shut the hell up, Jimmy.
President Obama:  We're gonna go with the SEALS, this time.  Sorry Marty.  Maybe the next international terrorist mastermind.  
General Dempsey:  The next one?  The next one?  What next one? You've been using robot aircraft to take them out!  
General Schwartz:  Very effectively, if I may say so.  Cheap to operate, no risk to American soldiers, ....
General Dempsey:  You sons of bitches sitting in La-Z-Boys  playing video games while my boys are sweating and bleeding to earn a chance to be heroes!  Please, sir, please.  You gotta give this one to the Rangers.  They work so hard.  They've all got your picture on their lockers.  I take back those things I said about you and the SEALS at the Foreign Press dinner after that Somali pirate thing.  I was outta line.
President Obama:  SEALS, Marty. Rangers next time, maybe.  Meeting adjourned.
Monday, May 2, 2011
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