"Hey, let's cut back on those forces a bit so that it's not a slaughter. I hear this Bowser-guy has been howling up a storm about how unfair we are to the Iraqi military. A few casualties on our side will be more human - at least that's the way his reasoning goes."

JCOS: (In unison) "But sir!"

Rumsfeld: "Nah, I've made up my mind. This "Bowser-boy" is right. A few US casualties will also make it look like a fairer fight and keeps us from being too big a bully like those Israelis in Palestine."

JCOS: (In unison) "Mr. Secretary!!!!"

Rumsfeld: "The sheer brilliance of his assessment of the geopolitics surrounding this conflict simply astound me. His decisive rooting out of the flawed nature of the overwhelming force plan is just exquisite thinking at work. Find this "Bowser-man" and offer him a job!"

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