From George Packer’s article, “The Home Front,” (no link) in this week’s New Yorker. George W. Bush, a president, is concluding a 45-minute meeting with retired general Jay Garner, who has just been replaced as our viceroy in Iraq by L. Paul Bremer III:

Bush thanked Garner for his excellent service. Garner told Bush, “You made a great choice in Bremer.” Garner’s end-of-duty report had assured the President that most services in Iraq would be restored within a few weeks. Anyone listening to the conversation could only conclude that Operation Iraqi Freedom was a triumph.

“You want to do Iran for the next one?” the President joshed as the meeting came to an end.

“No, sir, me and the boys are holding out for Cuba,” Garner said.

Bush laughed and promised Garner and the boys Cuba.