Anatomy for dummies

Max Hastings has either blown a gasket or he doesn’t know as many Americans as I thought. How else do you explain this line from his recent Spectator article on the ‘quagmire’ in Iraq?

I have yet to meet an American who regards Iraq as anything other than ‘the asshole of the universe’.

I was so animated by Hastings’ remark that I called a few people and asked them what they thought. As a result, I can say that most Americans I’ve spoken to don’t think Iraq is ‘the asshole of the universe’.

We’re all pretty much agreed; that honor belongs to France.