If anyone else e-mails in to tell me “we did it in Germany and Japan,” I

shall jump out of the window.

We did indeed do it in Germany and Japan, but after doing them a lot of damage first.

If you want to tell me that some similar course of action in Iraq might not

be a bad idea, I am not sure I would disagree with you. However, if you

want to tell me that there is a snowflake’s chance in hell of us actually

taking that course, I shall tell you you are nuts.