Dan Rather, Katie Couric and an Israeli sergeant were all
captured by
terrorists in Iraq. The leader of the terrorists told them that
he
would grant them each one last request before they were
beheaded.
Dan Rather said, "Well, I'm a Texan, so I'd like one last
bowlful of hot
spicy chili."
The leader nodded to an underling who left and returned with the
chili.
Rather ate it all and said, "Now I can die content."
Katie Couric 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
Couric
dictated some comments. She then said, "Now I can die
happy."
The leader turned and said, "And now, Mr. Israeli tough guy,
what is
your final wish?" "Kick me in the ass," said the soldier."
"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 Israeli.
So the leader shoved him into the open and kicked him in the
ass. The
soldier went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9 mm
pistol
from under his flack jacket, and shot the leader dead. In the
resulting
confusion, he jumped to his knapsack, pulled out his carbine and
sprayed
the terrorists with gunfire. In a flash, all terrorists were either
dead
or fleeing for their lives.
As the soldier was untying Rather and Couric, they asked him,
"Why
didn't you just shoot them in the beginning? Why did you ask them
to
kick you in the ass first?"
"What?" replied the Israeli, "And have you two report that I was
the
aggressor?
