The script originally called for Kodos and Kang to look over the smoking ruins of Springfield and say: "This sure is a lot like Iraq will be." The Fox network did not have any objection to the line, but it was rejected by some of the writers as too obvious and was cut from the broadcast.
Kodos and Kang were scripted to inspect the charred remnants of Springfield and remark, "This looks a lot like what Iraq will become," but the Fox network approved of the line while several writers felt it was too obvious and thus omitted it from the final broadcast.