On Aug 14, 8:38*pm, "Raymond O'Hara"
wrote:
"Tiger" wrote in message

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Damn you must be fun at parties..... Do you see the bright side to
anything? Ever?

self-delusion is nopt a good thing.

if true belief was enough then the germans and the japanese would have won
WWII

Except they didn't.

Iraq is in a lot better shape than it was a couple years ago. By th
eend of the year or early next year, the non-Iraqi forces will
probably be doing less and facing les problems from terrorist stuff,
and possibly transitioning to a South Korea style presence (With Iran
in the part of North Korea.)

As for Iraq vs. Georgia, remember Iraq vilated a bunch off UN Security
Council resolutions, which led to the use of forces (And if they had
no WMDs, why did they play games when they could have opened the
doors, made the US look bad, and keep the regime going?) But they were
run by a dictatorship well known for brutality to people, including
their own, and had violated countless resolutions.

Even the Russians have not accused Georgia of violating any UN
resolutions. Nor, as a member of the security councli, do I recall
them ever introducing any resolutions relating to Georgia. Also
Georgia is run by a democratically elected government, and I was
unaware of any real complaints against them that were out there at the
international level.

With the Russians now talking up threats to Poland, it makes one
wonder.