James Blunt told the BBC how he averted WWIII: “I was given the direct command to overpower the 200 or so Russians who were there. I was the lead officer with my troop of men behind us… The direct command that came in from General Wesley Clark was to overpower them. Various words were used that seemed unusual to us. Words such as ‘destroy’ came down the radio. Fortunately, up on the radio came General Mike Jackson, whose exact words at the time were, ‘I’m not going to have my soldiers be responsible for starting World War 3’, and told us why don’t we sugar off down the road, you know, encircle the airfield instead. And after a couple of days the Russians there said ‘Hang on, we have no food and no water. Can we share the airfield with you?”
On the other hand, if Blunt had attacked the Ruskies we would have been saved from “You’re Beautiful”. Six of one, half dozen of the other if you ask me.