Iranian ice cream in Baghdad: Send in the scoops

Regarding the Dec. 20 front-page article "In Green Zone, an icy challenge to U.S. power":

Persian ice cream in Baghdad? What will those fiendish Iranians do next? Hot dogs? Hamburgers? Oh, no, not tacos! To arms, Americans! Draft Ben and Jerry! Deploy Baskin and Robbins! We will take them on - flavor for flavor, scoop for scoop. And "Remember the a la mode!"

Robert Hunter, Washington