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It seems this country can talk a lot about democracy, and we do more than our share of starting wars. It seems we had some trainers in Georgia getting them up to speed on warfare, in exchange for them fighting our dirty war in Iraq. Hey, when the battle with Russia broke out (because of an overzealous President Saakashvili who thought he would poke the Russian Bear in the eye with a sharp stick) we even flew Georgian troops from Iraq back to Georgia so the war could continue. Maybe this was another of thosse wars where a proxy does the fighting for us. Either way, we lost.

What happened next was a case of Russia getting a bit fed up with the upstart 'democracies' and asserting their own form of justice. Georgia has been punished, many have died. Could we have done anything about this? No, as we have stretched ourselves so thin, fighting wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and soon Pakistan.

We are a paper tiger, thanks to Dubya. We can talk a lot, but can't support our 'friends'.

I see this as a pattern for the near future, as Russia lets the nearby democracies know that they may be next if they host our missile shield, or want to join NATO.

Welcome to the New Cold War and the new Czar Putin.

We are now looking back to the time when we were all united in tragedy, the feeling of being one family, of being one people, united against this evil that broke upon a sunny morning in New York. I remember watching the TV in disbelief, then finally leaving the apartment and driving to the office. We did little that day but grieve for the fallen. We felt American.

The world was sad, and an outpouring of hope and love came across the seas to our shores. All the world felt our pain. It was an odd feeling, a feeling of peace, of love, not hate. Sure, some held feelings of revenge, but overall the feeling was love.

Where did all that go? Where was it squandered? All of a sudden we found it wrapped in a flag and turned into a monster that fed itself on self righteousness. We became the terrorists.

We bombed Afghanistan, killing many who had nothing to do with the attack. We lashed out at Iraq, a country with ho connection to 9/11. We became the same terrorist that we had been victims of. We became the terrorist of the world. Now the love has been replaced with hate.

Bin Laden rejoices in victory. He accomplished what he could only dream of. We became the Great Satan he envisioned.

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