Katie Couric, Charlie Gibson, Brian Williams and a tough old U.S. Marine > Sergeant were captured by terrorists in Iraq. > > > > The leader of the terrorists told them he'd grant each of them one last > request before they were beheaded and dragged naked through the streets. > Katie Couric said, Well, I'm a Southerner, so I'd like one last plate > of fried chicken. The leader nodded to an underling who left and > returned with the chicken. Couric ate it all and said, 'Now I can die > content. > > > Charlie Gibson said, 'I'm living in ' New York, so I'd like to hear the > song, The Moon and Me, one last time. The terrorist leader nodded to > another terrorist who had studied the Western world and knew the music. > He returned with some rag-tag musicians and played the song. Gibson was > satisfied. > > > Brian Williams said, 'I'm a reporter to the end. I want to take out my > tape recorder and describe the scene here and what's about to happen. > Maybe, > someday, someone will hear it and know that I was on the job till the > end. The leader directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder and > Williams dictated his comments. He then said, 'Now I can die happy.' > > > The leader turned and said, 'And now, Mr. U.S. Marine, what is your > final wish? 'Kick me in the ass,' said the Marine. 'What?' asked the > leader, 'Will you mock us in your last hour?' 'No, I'm NOT kidding. I > want you to kick me in the ass,'insisted the Marine. So the leader > shoved him into the yard and kicked him in the ass. The Marine went > sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9 mm pistol from inside his > cammies and shot the leader dead. In the resulting confusion, he > emptied his sidearm on six terrorists, then with his knife he slashed > the throat of one, and with an AK-47, which he took, sprayed > the rest of the terrorists killing another in a flash, all of them were > either dead or fleeing for their lives. As the Marine was untying > Couric, Gibson, and Williams, they asked him, 'Why didn't you just shoot > them all in the first place? Why did you ask him to kick you in the > ass?' > > > 'What?' replied the Marine, 'and have you three assholes report that I > was the aggressor....? > > > > > Semper Fi! |