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The President is as relaxed as he's ever been, cracking jokes and watching ESPN while we go to war, according to this (admittedly biased) short video piece from BBC, and article from same reporter. The video report compares W. to his father, Bush Sr., who became so stressed when ordering military intervention in Panama that he "couldn't move his arms." (Psychosomatic paralysis? I'd never heard about this, and can't find anything to confirm it online.)

And you've no doubt heard of American Psy-Ops and the leaflets we're air-dropping into Iraq. You can actually look at them online thanks to the American CENTCOM website. This one above carries the message: "If you shoot at us, then we will shoot at you. You decide." Pretty direct.