No I don't think its out of place at all.

I found it HUMOROUS.

I know it may be difficult to laugh when you know that those French oilfields in Iraq are going to get lit up like the 4th of july.

..I really don't want to get into a political discussion on this board. I have to write tons of papers about this every month for my interview process, and I prefer not to be a "penible" on here.