The fly on the wall at the White House morning War Meeting.
Bush: Well, do we bomb them?
Cheney: Bomb them.
Bush: Bomb Iran first, then Syria and then Pakistan?
Cheney: Bomb Iran first, then Pakistan, then Turkey and let the Israeli’s bomb Syria.
Gates: We may run out of bombs.
Bush: Run out of bombs? Then where would we be?
Cheney: I got extra bombs, don’t worry about it.
Bush: Is San Francisco still on on the bomb list?
Here the bombversation is interrupted by Gates handing a few photographs to the Bombardiers.
Gates: I would like you to look at these photos from Pakistan and be sure to understand that the men being beaten are Lawyers and Reporters.
Bush: What kind of lawyers and reporters?
Gates: I suppose it could be said they are much like our ACLU lawyers and our New York Times reporters.
At his point there is a long pause as both Bush and Cheney soak that one up.
Bush: Could we do that here?
Gates: Not by any overnight decree, but if we were to play on the fears of 911 I am sure we could gradually ease into it. Yes, it’s doable.
Cheney: Does this mean we are not going to bomb Pakistan?
Bush: Decided! First we bomb Iran, then we bomb all the pot farms in Afghanistan, then we bomb Turkey along the Iraq border, and how about we take this opportunity to carpet bomb the Northwest Territories of Pakistan to get what’s his name?
Cheney: What about my bomb stash.
Bush: Give it to Giuliani. He’ll bomb the Hell out of everyone!
And another meeting ends in giggling madness…