A Thought for solving the Iraqi problem and just maybe a lot of other problems around the world...

To paraphrase 'Mr. Spock' as he was slumped and at deaths door after being exposed to a massive dose of radiation "the sacrifice of the few for the good of the many"

With that thought in mind, I propose the following :

With agreement from both sides to save as many lives of the innocent as possible we assemble teams. Fete them, both sides, royally for a month and then they go to a Field Of Honor and fight as a team to the last man/woman/? [you insert pronoun, as this is Thailand He/She/It] standing..... [Think of the income from International TV Rights] Both sides had pre-agreed to abide by the rule of last standing is the winner. All other hostilities would cease and desist [at least until the next time somebody got pis;;d at some one else] then we would reenact the pagent again. In this way we would 1] rid ourselves of the trouble makers, 2] Giving all potential troublemakers a chance for a second thought if they wish to think they can gain enough through greed and/or power to suffer the possible consequences.

This way would put the decisionmakers xss on the line, not send others to the front lines to face the realities of war.

Present score [approx] West 1,000 Other Side 10,000.

The 1st Team as nominated by me :

WEST

1] George W. Bush

2] Tony Blair

3] John Howard

4] Dick Cheny

5] Donald Rumsfeld

OTHER SIDE

1] Saddam Hussein

2] Osama Bin Laden

3] Moqtada Sadr [What ever happened to Bani Sadr, remember him ?]

4] Al Zarqawi

5] Player to be named at future draw

If you think better teams could be created or these expanded to larger teams, please feel free to add your nominations. Please suggest those that you feel would be good/bad players for either side.

Lets change the saying 'Only the good die Young'

Thought for the day " If you want to make peace, talk to your enemies not your friends' who said it ?????

Hey at worst it may make for a good computer game and you can be on next years 'Forbes Richest 400

Please take political issues to the Bear Pit.

Thanks