"The kind of man who wants the government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic." ~ H.L. Mencken
The Georgian Dogs of August - Or Shmucks of Our Time
Submitted by Christopher Lempa on Thu, 2008-08-28 16:00
?Stupid leaders interpret words to satisfy their political desires. They miss vital nuances in dangerous international relations. On August 7, Mikheil Saakashvili ordered Georgia 's armed forces to invade South Ossetia , a secessionist province bordering Russia . In so doing, he joined other heads of state who won dunce caps with disastrous decisions based on failure to understand the obvious.?
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