There was a joke?
US troops are dying everyday .. and someone found time for a joke?
Who would be dumb enough to be laughing? .. certainly no one with a loved one stuck in the hell that this asshole was so anxious to send them to, nor anyone who cares about the fate of our troops.
Which is why I'm starting like the turn of the debate toward getting the troops out of there.
Unless someone can give a tangible goals and a concrete exit strategy:
Pull out fo Iraq now.