Good thinking

The  President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was wondering who to invade

when his  telephone rang.

 

"This  is Mendel Schlepper in Tel Aviv. We're officially declaring war on you!"

 

"How  big is your army?" the Iranian president asked.

 

"There's  me, my cousin Moishe, Avi Goldberg and our pinochle group, Max, Larry, Jacob,  Ari and Joshua!"

 

"I  have a million men in my army," said the president.

 

"I'll  call back!" said Mendel.

 

The  next day, he called. "The war's still on," he said. “We have now a bulldozer, 

and Simcha Goldberg's tractor."

 

"Well,  we have 16,000 tanks, and the Iranian army is now two million men,"

 responded  Mahmoud.

 

"Oy  gevalt!" said Mendel. "I'll call back."

 

He  phoned the next day.

 

"We're  calling off the war," he said.

 

Why?",  asked the president.

 

"Well,"  said Mendel, "we've had a little chat, and there's no way we can feed two  million prisoners.”