Ranger Ray
02-16-2005, 08:21 PM
Anchors Dan Rather and Peter Jennings, NPR Reporter Cokie Roberts,
along with a U.S. Marine assigned to protect them were hiking through
the Iraq desert one day when they were captured by Iraqis. They were
tied up, led to a village, and brought before the leader. The leader
said, "I am familiar with your western custom of granting the
condemned a last wish; so, before we kill and dismember you, do you
have any last requests?"
Dan Rather said, "Well, I'm a Texan; so I'd like one last bowlful of
hot spicy chili." The leader nodded to an underling who left and
returned with the chili. Rather ate it all and said, "Now I can die
content."
Peter Jennings said, "I am Canadian, so I'd like to hear the song 'Oh
Canada' one last time." The leader nodded to a terrorist who had
studied the Western world and knew the music.&n bsp; He returned with some
rag-tag musicians and played the anthem. Jennings sighed and declared
he could now die peacefully.
Cokie Roberts said, "I'm a reporter to the end. I want to take out my
tape recorder and describe the scene here and what's about to happen.
Maybe someday someone will hear it and know that I was on the job till
the end." The leader directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder
and Roberts dictated some comments. She then said, "Now I can die
happy."
The leader turned and said, "And now, Mr. U.S. Marine, what is your
final wish?"
"Kick me in the rear," said the Marine.
"What?" asked the leader. "Will you mock us in your last hour?"
"No, I'm not kidding. I want you to kick me in the rear," insisted the
Marine. So the leader shoved him into the open, and kicked him in the
rear.
The Marine went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9mm
pistol from inside his cammies, and shot the leader dead. In the
resulting confusion, he leapt to his knapsack, pulled out his M4
carbine, and sprayed the Iraqis with gunfire. In a flash, all the
Iraqis were either dead or fleeing for their lives.
As the Marine was untying Rather, Jennings, and Roberts, they asked
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/1033.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZSXXXXXX41US) him, "Why didn't you just shoot them? Why did you ask them to kick
you in the rear?"
"What," replied the Marine, "and have you three call me the
aggressor?"
along with a U.S. Marine assigned to protect them were hiking through
the Iraq desert one day when they were captured by Iraqis. They were
tied up, led to a village, and brought before the leader. The leader
said, "I am familiar with your western custom of granting the
condemned a last wish; so, before we kill and dismember you, do you
have any last requests?"
Dan Rather said, "Well, I'm a Texan; so I'd like one last bowlful of
hot spicy chili." The leader nodded to an underling who left and
returned with the chili. Rather ate it all and said, "Now I can die
content."
Peter Jennings said, "I am Canadian, so I'd like to hear the song 'Oh
Canada' one last time." The leader nodded to a terrorist who had
studied the Western world and knew the music.&n bsp; He returned with some
rag-tag musicians and played the anthem. Jennings sighed and declared
he could now die peacefully.
Cokie Roberts said, "I'm a reporter to the end. I want to take out my
tape recorder and describe the scene here and what's about to happen.
Maybe someday someone will hear it and know that I was on the job till
the end." The leader directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder
and Roberts dictated some comments. She then said, "Now I can die
happy."
The leader turned and said, "And now, Mr. U.S. Marine, what is your
final wish?"
"Kick me in the rear," said the Marine.
"What?" asked the leader. "Will you mock us in your last hour?"
"No, I'm not kidding. I want you to kick me in the rear," insisted the
Marine. So the leader shoved him into the open, and kicked him in the
rear.
The Marine went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9mm
pistol from inside his cammies, and shot the leader dead. In the
resulting confusion, he leapt to his knapsack, pulled out his M4
carbine, and sprayed the Iraqis with gunfire. In a flash, all the
Iraqis were either dead or fleeing for their lives.
As the Marine was untying Rather, Jennings, and Roberts, they asked
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/1033.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZSXXXXXX41US) him, "Why didn't you just shoot them? Why did you ask them to kick
you in the rear?"
"What," replied the Marine, "and have you three call me the
aggressor?"