What is the opposite of "Divide and conquer?" Now that the Bush league has succeeded in doing for Iraq's Sunni and Shiite Muslims what God himself cannot do for Ireland's Roman Catholic and Protestant Christians, things look bleak.
Fortunately for the Republicans, I have switched alliances. Now, as regular readers are aware, I am making every effort to advance the Republican cause.
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