The North/South Korea conflict reminded me of an old joke set in Israel Two old Israeli men are having lunch together, talking about this and that, politics and their jobs, and the conversation leads to them talking about the state of Israel. ""I'm telling you, Moskowitz, there's an easy solution to all the problems Israel has."" ""I'm sure if there was one, it would have been used by now, Finklestein."" ""No, no, no. I say we invade the United States."" Mr. Moskowitz almost chokes on his drink. ""Invade the- what possible good do you think that could do for us! We would be absolutely destroyed if we declared war on them!"" My. Finklestein's face lights up. ""Ah-hah! That's all part of the plan! We would be in such a terrible state that the U.S. would have to give us aid in order to rebuild ourselves! Now, we have modern U.S. technology, and if our neighbors would never attack us while the U.S. is occupying us!"" Moskowitz thinks about this for a while. Is the plan so crazy it might actually work? ""Phah,"" he says. ""With our Jewish luck, we would *win* the war.""