Thursday, April 08, 2010

Very Diplomatic

I do believe, that after causing all manner of cable-news freak outs last night and much soiling of boxer-briefs amongst the easily frightened, we have discovered the nadir (or is it the height?) of international banality:

US air marshals subdued a Qatari diplomat on a flight to Denver in a bomb scare triggered after he reportedly smoked a cigarette and then joked he was trying to ignite his shoes, officials said...


This guy apparently is an honors graduate of the John Bolton School of International Diplomacy.



[cross-posted at Firedoglake]

4 comments:

StonyPillow said...

Only two F-16s? The only way to show our seriousness in the face of terror is to spend more. Lots more. Next time we should darken the skies with our response. And throw in a marching band to show our fighting spirit.

Montag said...

Smoking a cigarette in the bathroom causes nationwide panic and an intercept by two F-16s.

Hijacked airliners on trajectories to large buildings on 9/11? Uh, not so much....

pansypoo said...

man, smokers are soooo rude.

Anonymous said...

sounds like the joke was on him. vox