[Poohbah]

Some responses just don't require THAT much thought. (c8

"Nuke me, and I'll make you think the f***ing sky fell on you, goombah. Capisce, effendi?"

What would I advise Condi Rice?

Tell her to give the great Al Pacino soliliquy from Scarface.

"You wanna f*** with me? Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend!"

(Tony Montana fires a grenade at the door, blows a bunch of hostiles off of his balcony and into the fountain.)

[Quix]

I got that

DRIFT

the first time, Poohbah . . .

But, in the 'modern' world . . .

functionally, specifically . . . are you talking about nuking all the capitals and larger cities of all the Arab countries or what???

And would even that be remotely realistic given all the givens. Would even Bush have the stomach for it?

Calculate in the world . . . etc.

There's simple and there's complex and there's both all mixed together.

[JustPiper]

Oh, no doubt for one moment my condi would do that ;)