So, when the U.S. government was casting around for a country in need of liberating in the name of spreading democracy, why did they pick a tough nut like Iraq? strange maps points out that the last remnant of Communist Germany was right under our noses all along, just begging to be liberated in time for Daquiris at 4pm.
Crap. We could have taken that in, like, fifteen minutes with zero loss of life. The “Coalition of the Willing” would have included Paris Hilton and George Hamilton.
Research, people!
You know, we could just free Singapore. It already has an infrastructure, and it’s insanely small. All it needs is democracy. The only problem I see with conqu–err, freeing Singapore is their robot army:
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2173458/boffins-compete-build-real
I like the way you think, Mike White! The robot army is a problem, though. I’ll have to go back and watch the latest Star Wars trilogy to figure out how to defeat them.
On second thought, I don’t think I could take the torture.