Mr. Bono Goes to The Pentagon

Why is Bono considered an expert on anything except recording hit singles and wearing silly sunglasses? Recently, Bono was in Washington, D.C. meeting with all sorts of people in an effort to raise awareness about AIDS in Africa and the whole debt relief thing.

It's great that Bono is using his celebrity to try and help people instead of pushing some crack-pot cult on unsuspecting people (I'm talking to you, Tom Cruise), but just because he's a famous rock star doesn't mean he's an expert on whatever cause happens to be important that week. Ok, that was a little unfair. Bono has been on the Africa thing for quite some time. I'm sorry, Bono....and Africa. I still don't think you're an expert.

Anyway, while in Washington, Bono went to the Pentagon (wait, it gets better) and met with Secretary of Defense William Gates to discuss not only the poverty problem in Africa, but security as well (WTF???). I will entertain the idea tha Bono might be able to offer some ideas on how to solve the poverty problem in Africa. I won't say "good" ideas, because anyone that thinks debt relief is cool clearly doesn't function on the same plane as the rest of us. But what in the name of all that is holy does Bono know about securing a country, let alone an entire continent? I'm sure he'd be the guy to go to on body guards and how to keep hoardes of groupies at bay, but that doesn't exactly translate into a comprehensive regional security plan.

You know what I think happened? Secretary William Gates is the new guy on the Bush cabinet, and, like any rookie, he gets stuck with the s*** details. Bush probably called him up to tell him about his "meeting" with Bono and laughed the entire time. I wouldn't be surprised if the call was on speaker phone and rest of the cabinet was in on the gag, including the Supreme Court. Yep, that makes way more sense than Bono talking about security. Way more.

As for Bono's comments, well, this video should explain everything: