[Don Joe]

"Do you think we are prepared to nuke the middle East if they set off a nuke in the US?"

Don't be silly, of course we're prepared to react in like kind.

Unless, of course, it would offend them.

Um... I just remembered -- it would offend them, dang.

Forget I said anything, OK?

[garyhope]

Yes, it would probably be politically incorrect and hurt their "feelings" if we were to do that. They could file an anti-discrimination suit against us.

The world has become so strange. Where oh where has common sense and the urge to survive gone? Does appeasement ever, EVER work? I don't think so.