And yes, LH, it WILL make Americans feel better, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Because Americans have this peculiar make up on the whole -- they feel better when underdogs win, they feel better when cruelty is brought its comeuppance, they feel better when their sense of justice is fulfilled, and they feel better when real hard-core antisocial criminals -- whether civil or war -- are rounded up and bloody shot. Call it an eccentricity if you like. They seem to have this bizarre notion that taking out people who launch massive sneak attacks on their nation will make the world a better place in some small degree.

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