>>If the bombs start falling in Iraq and some CNN reporter opens a report
>>with the words, "And so it begins..." I wouldn't leap to the conclusion
>>that an hommage to either Tolkein or Straczynski was intended. <g>

Y'know...three thousand missiles set to hit in 48 hours...they call it "shock
and awe."

Call me old-fashioned, but I liked it better when they called it a blitzkrieg.

Oh, wait, those were the bad guys. Sorry. Wrong war.

jms

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