"Should we invade Pakistan?" Newsweek asks on its cover page. (October 18). Well, duh! Of course! Why not? We invaded Afghanistan in 2001, and we're still there, and then Iraq. They're not going too well, but third time lucky, they say. Before that we bombed Bosnia into peace and before that we invaded Cuba, Grenada and Panama, Vietnam and Korea. Before that we invaded the Indian Territory and Mexico. Those last two sets of wars worked out well for us, not so well for them; but they still remember. And before that, soon after our independence, we invaded Canada, twice, but now we are friends, so that's OK. In fact we were allies in WW2 when we invaded a long alphabet of nations: France, Italy, Holland, Germany Japan: F; G; H; I; and J: a neat, logical sequence. Then if we count our covert CIA coups: Iran (oil - that didn't work out too well either) and Chile (United Fruit Company - nor did that: think Pinochet) and Guatemala and many other sovereign nations. Too many to list here. And our main ally has invaded Lebanon and Gaza and the West Bank I don't know how many times. Self-defence of course. And three allies invaded Egypt in the Suez crisis - but at least we helped to stop that. Well done us.