Brown Man Death Ray?

Alright. What kind of fucking secret assassination technology has the US developed and is running in Iraq since the surge that Bob Woodward would describe as equivalent of the invention of the tank? So dangerous that insurgent leaders, if they knew about it, would "get their ass out of town?" Stuff that "military novels are written about."

What does that even mean? I'd say it's just CIA death squads, but Woodward made it sound like it was technological in nature. Additionally, if it wasn't Bob Woodward I would think it was total hyperbole.

"An elegant weapon... for a more civilized time."

I was primed to think more about Cold War politics last week when Yeltsin died, but it just occurred to me that yesterday was May Day, and I sort of miss it.

Or, since I was 10 in 1991, what I really miss is the idea of it. The world's a lot simpler when you can divide everybody into two teams. Sure, it's a step backwards--to a time before the environment and labor rights were prominent diplomatic topics--but it's also quite a bit more elegant. It's a step back to a time when your hockey video game was Red vs. Blue, and the Red guys were fat and had moustaches and skated out to the Soviet national anthem.

Anyone know the next time Rocky IV is going to be on TV?