Life was much simpler back in my youth. The reading primers, with stories about Dick & Jane were straightforward and easy to comprehend. Do you remember.
"Dick and Jane went on a picnic. Dick ate the baloney sandwiches. Jane ate the apples. They tidied up and skipped back down the hill to their house. Mom and Dad were there. So was Spot, their dog."
Now just suppose we could apply that language to the latest brouhaha in Afghanistan:
"American soldiers gave Korans to detained Afghan prisoners to read. The prisoners used marked passages of the Koran books to pass secret messages and plots. The American soldiers took back the Korans and burned them. PC insanity set in and the soldier's general apologized. Then the president of the United States apologized. The Afghan leadership leaned back and smiled among themselves. "
Now wasn't that easy?
It's a shame the last sentence didn't read: "The President pointed out that the books were respectfully burned, not just dumped in a land fill. There will be no more Korans issued to the prisoners to prevent this happening again."
"See American Mom & Dad voters, whose children Dick & Jane are now serving in the Army, smile when they hear that last statement. "
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