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All we are saying, is give aerial bombing a chance

Jonah Goldberg writes a funny piece about cliches. Here's one:

"Give peace a chance." What exactly do the people who say this think we were doing right up until 8:48 a.m. on Sept. 11? We gave peace a chance and now we're going to give war a shot.

We should remember that the actual lyric from the John Lennon song is, "All we are saying is give peace a chance." Exactly. That is all they are saying, which is about as helpful as saying "give pistachio ice cream a chance." There are no useful suggestions to be found in "give peace a chance" when the other side has dedicated itself to a bloody holy war against American men, women and children.

Now, if someone wants to write a song that goes something like: "All we are saying is give a sustained aerial bombing with coordinated ground assaults a chance" that might be helpful.