I always have a certain regard for the approach said to have been taken by the Ukrainian anarchist Nestor Mahkno on one occasion, when he insisted on meeting an enemy warlord face to face, walking right into the middle of his camp on his own. On meeting him, Makhno shot him, and rallied the man's followers to change sides. The point is, he cut out the middle-man, did the job himself.

Can't see Bush up to that, somehow.