Irony Is Lost On These People

One of the key skills a politician must master is an absolute immunity to any sense of irony in his public  statements.  Take for example the current suggestion by Condi Rice that Moqtada al-Sadr is a coward, because, "I know he's sitting in Iran," Miss Rice said dismissively, when asked about Sheik al-Sadr's latest threat to lift a self-imposed cease-fire with government and U.S. forces. "I guess it's all-out war for anybody but him..."

You know, I have not seen many pictures of this particular chickenhawkette walking point in body armor, helmet, and M-16, nor are any of her flock showing that particular talent.  She's not even close to the action in the form of having personally obtained the loyalty of a group of fighters involved in the current occupation.  As such, it seems to me that she needs to sit down and keep quiet about characteristics that she's noticeably lacking - since it's hard to believe that she would even recognize them if she saw them.