"One, two three, what am I fighting for?"

Remember the anti-Vietnam war song - was it by Country Joe, or Vinegar Joe, can't remember exactly. Here's the updated version: "And it's one, two, three, what am I fighting for? Don't ask me I don't give a damn, Next stop's Waziristan..."

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Armed aid

Remember that recent unpleasantness in the Gulf? I clearly recall hearing politicians and uniformed military people telling me how they could now fill a missile with 100,000lbs of high explosive, fire it from a hundred miles away and post it through Saddam Hussein's letterbox. Minimal collateral damage, they said. Surgical strikes.

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