"... grumpy? Not nearly grumpy enough relative to the provocation. Given the unimpeachable logic of Friedman's drop a bomb, build a school theory of diplomacy I imagine by the time we defeat radical Islam we'll have engendered a pervasive Bloomsbury
aura to float across the Arabian peninsula - we'll know we've won when the editorial board of The New York Times sits down in the shade of a palm with newly enlightened Imams to chew qat and discuss the narrative techniques of Henry James. Maybe Raytheon and General Atomics can sponsor the event..."