I'm not sure if you were subjected to the original quote, but I thank Glenn Reynolds for linking me to Tom Perry's merciless retort to Columbia professor Nicholas De Genova, who said, at a "teach-in", that he'd like to see a "million Mogadishus":

18 American soldiers died, and 73 were injured in the Battle of Mogadishu. Thus, De Genova would like to see 18 million American soldiers killed, and 73 million injured. That would account for everyone in the armed forces and most of the American militia, of which De Genova is a member.

Where do you want your bullet, doc?

Moving on, we find that De Genova would like to see approximately 750 million little brown foreigners mowed down by American machine guns. This is a conservative estimate, but it should be sufficient to take care of any problems we have with people in the Middle East. See, the great thing about American military defeats is, we always win! Can do, chief! Back in reality, we ask what De Genova was thinking. The answer: he wasn't. Thinking is, like, passé, and so is meaning what you say.