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Originally Posted by Billcat
Always get their man? Wasn't that the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)? Oh, well......
You raise some good points. Perhaps I can simplify. When you treat people with disrespect, when you treat them as less than fully human, it doesn't work. Deciding that you won't talk to other countries doesn't work, either - witness the recent war of words with Iran, or the 40-year-plus attempt by the USA to bring down Fidel Castro. While the Cuban economy is a wreck, Castro is still in power and likely to remain so for life. Treat a a person or country with scorn and it is likely you will get the same in return. Same goes for respect!
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Thank you for your kind remarks Billcat, I think with benefit of hindsight Tony Blair & Dubya Bush would have gone down another road, but it's to late now the die is cast, unfortunatley they will be remembered for the folly of Iraq, not for the good things they undoubtably did.