That bomber had the other two aces.

He announced that we would be sending additional troops into the chaotic country in an effort to contain the insurgency and allow the newly formed Iraqi government the opportunity to step up to the plate and actually make some real headway which would lead to the eventual withdrawal of US forces there.

What was not mentioned was the President’s rumored “grand plan” to turn the tide in Iraq and swing the momentum towards the light of freedom by dispatching a battalion of highly skilled magicians in an operation of true shock and awe.

Referred to as operation “Iraqi Caddabri,” this group of highly talented magicians will be imbedded throughout Baghdad and the surrounding areas and will perform “feats of great mystery and interest” in the streets which will purportedly distract the terrorist insurgents there from their daily routines of un-called-for and nasty violence long enough for supporting Iraqi and American “traditional” forces to swoop in and capture the mesmerized miscreants, neutralizing the threat.

As the men and women of Iraqi Caddabri travel around the country, they will gradually make the problems in Iraq disappear--the supposed inspiration for the idea to send a squad of magicians in in the first place; President Bush having been burned by a staff member’s card trick and then saying, “I wish you could make the problems in Iraq vanish like that 9 of clubs Smitty.”

Of course, next was the logical step of naming the military operation after the famous “abbra caddabra” line spoken by every magician since Merlin.

Despite the apparent attempt at a viable strategy for victory in Iraq, some are claiming that Bush’s plan will rely too much on “whims of fancy” and the hope that terrorists are actually fans of magic and simply won’t try to lash out at the magicians as they perform.

Supporters of the planned commencement of Operation Iraqi Caddabri say that even though it may seem strange on the surface, sometimes the only way to resolve a ridiculous situation is to employ a ridiculous solution.