[HiJinx]

That would be a good time for President Bush to announce our plans for the rebuilding of Iraq and N. Korea, two nations whose despotic leaders had forced the United States of America into a short-lived but terrifying conflict that resulted in the total annihilation of their governments.

[Quix]

And Beijing and Moscow et al pondering the same thoughts and the resulting king of the hill position of USA even more than now would think . . .

NO WAY HOSE.

Their pride AND their fears would not allow it--virtually at all costs.