Irony and Steal

Irony is at the heart of humor, but some things just ain't funny. I'm referring to the Blackwater debacle. The whole reason we have a mercenary army in Iraq in the first place, its run-amok-soldiers being paid far more than our regular military, is because the administration knows if there were a draft the American people would rise up and demand an end to this mess once and for all. But the thing that's flying totally under the radar is that the Blackwater CEO, Eric Prince, a major Bush supporter, is also a board member of Christian Freedom International, an organization whose stated purpose is helping "Christians who are persecuted for their faith in Jesus," a euphemistic way of saying they're aggressively dedicated to eliminating everyone who doesn't think like they do. Now here's where the irony comes in. Besides being above accountablity for the innocent civilians, including children, they've killed and maimed, Blackwater is also denying responsibility for helping victims or their relatives. Is that Christian? Oh, wait a minute, maybe there is no irony. Those people, after all, are Muslims.