There are typos. And then there are intelligence failures in more ways that one.
A Defense Intelligence Agency publication available as recently as yesterday on its Web site noted “an Israeli F-16 raid to destroy an Iranian nuclear reactor” in 1981.
Just one problem: publicly-known history includes no Israeli raid on an Iranian nuclear reactor in 1981. Israel did attack an Iraqi facility at Osirak that year, however.
Remember when George Bush didn’t know the difference between Shia and Sunnis or that it would matter before invading Iraq? Or WMD? Let’s hope the CIA’s recent defector will help us avoid similar mistakes in the future.
“So…yer Iraqi, right?”
“No. Iranian. We’re a totally different culture, history, ethnic group. Persian.”
“So…that’s from Iraq?”
“I-RAY-NEE-AN!”
“???”
“!!!!”
8 responses so far ↓
1 Kip Manley // Mar 30, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Ih-RAH-nee-an.
Unless they’re being ironical.
2 Kevin Moore // Mar 30, 2010 at 8:19 pm
You say I-RAH-nian, I say I-RAY-nian.
3 Rojo // Apr 1, 2010 at 3:40 pm
My Iranian friends agree w/ Kip.
4 Kevin Moore // Apr 1, 2010 at 3:58 pm
But I have the vestiges of a horrible Buffalonian accent, so I beg cultural differences.
5 Rojo // Apr 1, 2010 at 5:25 pm
a’ight
6 Rojo // Apr 1, 2010 at 5:29 pm
…although, to continue the quibble, YOU may say I-ray-nee-an (as I generally do w/ my Poughkeepsie (which apparently the spell check doesn’t like) accent, but your hypothetical Iranian in your post would say it Kip’s way.
7 Kevin Moore // Apr 1, 2010 at 7:06 pm
Damn. You’ve got me there.
Fine — I’ll say it: You are RIGHT, Kip!
That should make his week.
8 Kip Manley // Apr 1, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Ha.
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