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http://www.theonion.com/articles/state-department-to-hold-enemy-tryouts-next-week,497/Oct 21, 1998
WASHINGTON, DCTaking steps to fill the void that has plagued the American military-industrial complex since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announced Tuesday that the U.S. will hold enemy tryouts next week.
Slated to begin Oct. 26, the tryouts will take place at the Pentagon. More than 40 nations are expected to vie for the role of U.S. adversary, including India, Afghanistan, China, North Korea and Sudan.
"Over the past seven years, the State Department, working closely with the CIA, Congress and the president, has made efforts to establish a longterm state of hostility with a foreign power of consequence," Albright said. "Unfortunately, these efforts have proven unfruitful. If we are to find a new Evil Empire, we must start taking a more proactive approach."
Though tryouts are not until next week, Albright said the State Department has already received a number of impressive preliminary proposals.
WASHINGTON, DCTaking steps to fill the void that has plagued the American military-industrial complex since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announced Tuesday that the U.S. will hold enemy tryouts next week.
Slated to begin Oct. 26, the tryouts will take place at the Pentagon. More than 40 nations are expected to vie for the role of U.S. adversary, including India, Afghanistan, China, North Korea and Sudan.
"Over the past seven years, the State Department, working closely with the CIA, Congress and the president, has made efforts to establish a longterm state of hostility with a foreign power of consequence," Albright said. "Unfortunately, these efforts have proven unfruitful. If we are to find a new Evil Empire, we must start taking a more proactive approach."
Though tryouts are not until next week, Albright said the State Department has already received a number of impressive preliminary proposals.
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From a more innocent time: State Department To Hold Enemy Tryouts Next Week (Original Post)
Fumesucker
Mar 2013
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)1. Love the Onion!
reteachinwi
(579 posts)2. They don't hold a candle to Bush/Cheney
War against terror. It's everywhere man.
treestar
(82,383 posts)3. The Onion has a way
Of really nailing it.
Gulf War I was about replacing the Soviets. The MIC needed a new enemy immediately.