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Hahaha...you ever see the movie "Saving Private Ryan" and one of the soldiers named REIBEN is griping to his Captain about the mission in the way most enlisted guys would gripe about it. Then, one of the other guys pipes in:

JACKSON: Sir, I have an opinion on this matter.

CAPT MILLER: I'd love to hear it.

JACKSON: Seems to me, Cap'n, this mission is a serious misallocation of valuable military resources.

CAPT MILLER: Go on.

JACKSON: Well, sir, by my way a thinkin' I am a finely made instrument of warfare. What I mean by that is, if you was to put me with this here sniper rifle anywhere up to and includin' one mile from Adolf Hitler, with a clear line of sight, war's over.

CAPT MILLER: (nods appreciatively to JACKSON, then addresses REIBEN) Reiben, I want you to listen closely to Jackson. This is the way to gripe. Jackson, continue.

JACKSON: Yes, sir. It seems to me, sir, that the entire resources of the United States Army oughta be dedicated to one thing and one thing only, and that is to put me and this here weapon on a rooftop, smack-dab in the middle of Berlin, Germany. Now I ain't one to question decisions made up on high, sir, but it seems to me that saving one private, no matter how grievous the losses of his family, is a waste of my God-given talent.

Heh, your post was the equivalent of Jackson's riposte!

That is a compliment, by the way...:)