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One day, Saddam Hussein was leading his army of over 10,000 well trained folowers through the desert. Soon, Saddam heard a shout from over a small hill.
"One US Marine is better than TEN Iraqis!!"
This infuriated Saddam, so he took the 10 most skilled of his followers, with all the finest equipment he had, and told his men to charge over the hill. There were a few minutes of intense fighting, then all was quiet. then another call was heard
"One US Marine is better than ONE HUNDRED Iraqis!"
This PERSONALLY offended Saddam, so he took 100 of his best men, with the best equipment he had, and told them to charge over the hill. There was an hour or so of intense fighting, and then there was silence. Saddam then heard another shout.
"One US Marine is better than 1000 Iraqis!!"
Saddam was now very angry, and sent the best 1000 men, fully equipped, over the hill. There were 5 hours of intense fighting. The sound of explosions and gunfire was relentless. But soon, there was silence. Then a final shout was heard.
"One US Marine is better than TEN THOUSAND Iraqis!
Saddam was now determined to destroy the man who dared defy him. He sent his entire force of 10,000 men, supported by mortars, tanks, choppers, RPG's, and heavy machine guns over the hill. The fighting was intense, there were explosions everywhere, and the screams of the injured and dying could scarcely be heard over the roar of the battle. The next morning there was finaly silence. Then, the last Iraqi alive, mortally wounded, crawled inch by inch, over the hill. His last words were...
"Wait! dont send any more troops! It was a trap...THERE WERE TWO!"
Video:
President Bush visits a primary school classroom. They are in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.
The teacher asks President Bush if he would like to lead the discussion of the word' tragedy.'
So the president asks the class for an example of a tragedy.
One little boy stands up and offers: "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs him over and kills him that would be a 'tragedy'."
"No," says President Bush, "that would be an accident."
A little girl raises her hand.
"If a school bus carrying 50 children drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy."
"I'm afraid not," explains President Bush. "That's what we would call a 'great loss'."
The room goes silent. No other children volunteered. Bush searches the room.
"Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"
Finally, at the back of the room a small boy raises his hand. In a quiet voice, he says: "If Air Force One carrying you, Mr. President, were struck by a 'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a' tragedy'."
"Fantastic!" exclaims President Bush. "That's right. And can you tell me why that would be a 'tragedy'?"
"Well," says the boy, "because it certainly wouldn't be a 'great loss', and it probably wouldn't be an 'accident' either".
