"'...I want you to send your people - your Delta Force commandos, who are very good - into Amo-Amas and remove this Florence woman of yours. Dead or alive, it's no matter for me, but it's time for her to go. I am not looking to make the next Joan of Arc. but if you don't come and get her, I will deal with it very soon. And finally, if you don't help me with these things, you Americans are going to have a very cold winter, yes?'
'Hmm,' Maliq said. 'Do you think they'll go along with it?'
'My dear imam, you must understand - the Americans are idealistic to the point where they must lower their thermostat two degrees. Then they become very practical.'"
~ Christopher Buckley, Florence of Arabia
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