A brief foreign policy quiz from the Bush administration

Dear Prospective Department of State Employee:

Please answer the following two questions.

1) This nation called the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq illegal and has served as a destabilizing force in Iraq, funneling money to foreign fighters in Iraq, creating fraudulent documents implicating the Iraqi leader as a foreign agent and providing money to forces opposing the Iraqi government. This nation is:

a) China
b) Iran
c) Canada
d) Saudi Arabia

2) As a response to this nation's interference in Iraq, the United States has developed the following response:

a) Nuke 'em until they glow
b) Impose economic and military sanctions until the interference is terminated
c) Declare that nation a rogue, terrorist state and cut off all communication
d) Provide that nation an arms deal totaling twenty billion dollars


ANSWERS:

Question #1) D - Saudi Arabia

Question #2) D - Provide that nation an arms deal totaling twenty billion dollars

That's right, prospective employee. If you want to come to work for this administration, you must realize that despotic regimes are not inherently negative, so long as that regime is willing to pretend to cooperate with our everlasting and global war on terror. It is also important that the regime have something we can benefit from (crude oil) and that our leaders gain personal financial benefit from their personal relationships with members of the regime. The rule to remember is that it's not that they are despots... it's that they are OUR despots.

Congratulations, you now have amassed enough knowledge to qualify to serve as Secretary of State. We hope that you will find this to be an improvement from your current posting in the Department of Justice.