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In case you didn’t know, back in May, the president appointed Lt. General Douglas Lute to be the country’s war czar. And last week, those pledge-drive pussies at NPR browbeat him into saying that the country might need to consider reinstating a military draft. Considering that “All Things Considered” isn’t exactly known for fair and balanced journalism, I set up my own interview, so the General could speak his mind.
Me: First off, do you prefer “c-z-a-r” or “t-s-a-r?”
Lt. General Douglas Lute: I’ve always been partial to t-s-a-r, but George is confused by the silent t. There’s a lot of, “Why don’t I just call you Tdouglas Tlute the Twar Tsar, then?” and things like that, and, while George seems very amused by it all, we don’t get much done.
Me: Now, czar means “emperor” or “king” in Russian. It is an abbreviation of Caesar. Does that mean you are the “king of war?”
Lute: Yes, but king in the Hobbesian sense — the leviathan, the absolute and supreme. Not like those dopes in England with their ceremonial titles. If the administration wanted to pussyfoot around, they would’ve made the job title “war duke,” “war administrator” or “war president.” I am the war tsar, he who transcends mortality and communes with the Divine — the master of death and servant of no man, that sort of thing.
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