December 12th, 2003

When Voltaire was on his deathbed, the priest administering Extreme Unction asked him, “Do you utterly renounce and abhor the Devil and all his works?”

Voltaire replied: “Father, is this any time to be making enemies?”

George W. Bush and Paul Wolfowitz may profit by his example.

(On the other hand, Prince Bandar approves. And of course Saudi Arabia, unlike France or Germany, is a reliable ally. So I guess that settles the matter.)

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