Just once I'd love to hear the questionee say, "You sound like a belly crawling coward and groveling appeaser. My God! Get hold of yourself, man!"
I'd be more direct, saying, "David, it sounds like you want to run out of Iraq faster than you'd run out of a Georgetown bar if some drunken bully there started insulting your wife."
#456, Priceless Comedy Hour on FR today. it does not get any better than this.