On Aug 6, 6:23*pm, Tom Veatch wrote:
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:03:11 -0400, "J. Clarke"

wrote:
How about you send an experienced black negotiator who happens to be the
head of the roughest street gang in town, and have him take his armed
minions? *Now the situation is more analogous to a negotiation by the US
Secretary of State.

I'm sure you're right. That's undoubtedly a major reason the US is so
loved and respected throughout the Arab world.


Holy ****. Tom gets it.