The Boy Who Cried Wolf

[dave29]

There once was a shepherd boy who was bored as he sat on the hillside watching the village sheep.



To amuse himself he took a great breath and sang out, "Wolf! Wolf! The Wolf is chasing the sheep!"



"the British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa" -George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, 2003

"Knowing these realities, America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof -- the smoking gun -- that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud." - George W. Bush October 7, 2002



The villagers came running up the hill to help the boy drive the wolf away. But when they arrived at the top of the hill, they found no wolf. The boy laughed at the sight of their angry faces.



"Don't cry 'wolf', shepherd boy," said the villagers, "when there's no wolf!" They went grumbling back down the hill.

Later, the boy sang out again, "Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!" To his naughty delight, he watched the villagers run up the hill to help him drive the wolf away.

According to Wednesday's Washington Post, the Defense Intelligence Agency sent a secret team of nine US and British technical specialists to Iraq on May 25, 2003, to examine two trailers discovered in April. Early photos of the labs, plus assertions by the since-discredited informant ''Curveball," had some military specialists thinking they were weapons labs. But other Iraqi informants said they were merely for making hydrogen for weather balloons.

The DIA technical team, collectively possessing at least 90 years of experience in biological weapons, ended the debate decisively. ''Within the first four hours," a member of the team told the Post, ''it was clear to everyone that these were not biological labs."

When the villagers saw no wolf they sternly said, "Save your frightened song for when there is really something wrong! Don't cry 'wolf' when there is NO wolf!"




But the boy just grinned and watched them go grumbling down the hill once more.



Later, he saw a REAL wolf prowling about his flock. Alarmed, he leaped to his feet and sang out as loudly as he could, "Wolf! Wolf!"



But the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again, and so they didn't come.

At sunset, everyone wondered why the shepherd boy hadn't returned to the village with their sheep. They went up the hill to find the boy. They found him weeping.

"There really was a wolf here! The flock has scattered! I cried out, "Wolf!" Why didn't you come?"



An old man tried to comfort the boy as they walked back to the village.

"We'll help you look for the lost sheep in the morning," he said, putting his arm around the youth, "Nobody believes a liar...even when he is telling the truth!"

[fearthem]

1. He's aged since that 9/11 photo! Didn't think he had enough sense to....

let stress get to him!

[lonestarnot]

2. Not fast enough, Wish he would eat shit and you know.