Start with a splash of dry Vermouth in a chilled martini glass. Swirl the glass to coat it with the Vermouth, immediately shake out any excess. No Vermouth should be standing in the bottom of the glass. Add 2 shots chilled vodka to a shaker partly filled with ice. Stir gently. Strain vodka into glass. Finish with a speared pair of olives.
"I understand why some dislike the idea, and fear the ramifications of, America as a liberator. But I do not understand why they do not see that anything is better than life with your face under the boot. And that any rescue of a people under the boot (be they Afghan, Kuwaiti or Iraqi) is something to be desired. Even if the rescue is less than perfectly realised. Even if the rescuer is a great, overmuscled, bossy, selfish oaf. Or would you, for yourself, choose the boot?" -- Journalist Michael Kelly