| The scariest thing I ever heard (and I wish I could recal the gent who said it to give him credit)
Early on, when things in Iraq were getting underway, a Senator (as I said, I don't recall which) had a wonderful quote that hit home to me very hard:
"We're told there are weapons of mass destruction hiding in Iraq, and that we need to go in there, by force if need be, to find them. Do I think we'll find any? You bet I do! One way or the other, there will be WMD in Iraq...they just won't belong to the Iraqis"
When asked to explain further, he smiled to the reporter and said "You know." __________________ You can't wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you - Look, if I went 'round saying I was an Emperor, just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!  |