Rodman and North Korea: A Perfect Match

When I read that former NBA star and wildman Dennis Rodman was in North Korea, my first thought was that CNN had hired someone from The Onion to write headlines.

But no, Dennis Rodman is indeed in North Korea. Although the man has smoked so much pot in his life that he might not really know where he is. He actually said, ""Maybe I'll run into the Gangnam Style dude while I'm here,."

Um...Dennis...that Gangnam Style dude is in SOUTH Korea. That would be the OTHER Korea.

That is some good weed.

Even better though, is that the Harlem Globetrotters released a statement calling the visit "ambassadorial."

OK. Using that type of logic then, we can say that Hezbollah is providing humanitarian aid to President Bashar al Assad. Humanitarian in that the aid is used against humans who disagree with Assad.

Or... Vladimir Putin is Russia's John F. Kennedy, because he is doing to the Russian people what John F. did to many an attractive woman.

And Israel is merely carrying out God's wishes in building settlements in the West Bank because God was the original developer.

And while we're at it...the US's indiscriminate use of drones can be classified as aggressive spring cleaning.

International diplomatic speak is just wonderful isn't it? You can rationalize anything.

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Andy Valvur is a writer, journalist and comedian, with degrees in International Relations. His commentary has appeared in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and other papers. He currently lives and works in Europe.

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