When the Roman military fell, the church took power for a thousand years. Iraqi priests are telling the US to, paraphrasing Pink Floyd, "get our their filthy hands off their desert". 3 kilotons of conventional arms: $30,000,000 Grabbing your crotch before shaking hands with Geraldo: Free Getting rid of Hussein and getting a democratically elected Islamic Republic: Priceless For Zionist imperialism, there's a huge military budget. For everything else, there's Mastercard. --- brezhnev took afghanistan begin took beirut galtieri took the union jack and maggie over lunch one day took a cruiser with all hands apparently to make him give it back