Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie

Of all the various human behaviors that one can observe in the great spectrum of activity that our species has to offer, one of the most awe-inspiring is the ability of some to, when they see one group of people acting like idiots, respond with a hearty "Hey, I can be an even bigger idiot than them folks!".

So if we're going to use government funds for this, hell, let's just track down Doc Brown and his Delorean so we can go back in time and keep those soldiers from dying over there in the first place. Or, failing that (since Doc's a fictional character and all), maybe we can take some government money and use it to melt this minor token of France's onetime affection down and use the metal to make bullets for use in Iraq.