Not sure if I can pull off the zoid thing. I simply don't have the time to write a novel whilst carrying out the many other pre-qualified projects on the calendar. Also not certain it would be appreciated at this point. The first book related to the horrors of war turned to homour (no small feat); and I'm pretty blunt about the sadistical things that really happen. I'll leave you with that thought and promise that should I dare to publish some of this stuff anyway, I'll move it out of the diary and to its own home.

Now as for the current situation, how do we convince young fundamentalists not to do a sneak attack? That's tough. How the heck do you compete with sitting at Allah's right hand (though it might be crowded there), with twenty - count 'em; twenty virgins. (Various reports suggest that there's a sliding scale for even more noble sacrifices.) Now how else is a young third world warrior going to get twenty virgins? You've no idea how powerful a carrot that is to a young male. We have to do better. Then we need a public relations campaign to back it. Honestly, is virgin sex all it's cracked up to be? Let's offer maybe a hundred and fifty certified pleasure queens. Experienced. Now who's side are you on?

This should probably work, assuming we gain the cooperation of the volunteer ladies by giving them lifetime health care or some other appreciative gesture. You have to remember that the males we are talking about live in a country where they put bags over the heads of all their women. Are they really that ugly? (Editor's note: I know better...).