And the Golden Microphone Award goes to . . .

My boy . . . Dmitry Sergeyevich Peskov!

Congratulations — you did it again, Dima, with your brief but brilliant performance as “Sincere Guy” claiming to be promoting peace in the Middle East. Your straight-faced presentation put even that master of the genre, Buster Keaton, in the shade.

You almost had us believing you this week when you did that shtick about Israel’s recent strikes on Iran. Allow me to quote your own words back at you:

“Russia is maintaining contacts with all parties to this conflict. We have contacts with Tehran, and we have contacts with the Israelis and the Palestinians.

“Russia is constantly doing everything possible to call on the parties to show restraint and to facilitate any attempts to de-escalate tensions.

“… There is still an extremely tense situation in the region and, of course, it is very important now to promote restraint in this regard.” [Reuters, October 28, 2024. Bold emphasis is mine.]

I have emphasized the funny bits, in case you don’t realize just how amusing you are. That part about the need to “show restraint” and “de-escalate tensions” — well, that’s just classic! Do you even know what a talent you have for irony?

And in case you still don’t get it, I have five little words that should help:

“Special Military Operation in Ukraine.”

Just sayin’, Dima . . . just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
10/29/24