[schoolie monster]

I guess if I was illegally selling Iraq military equipment, I wouldn't want anyone to go in either.

I think the Russians got exposed a little bit... my original opposition to the war was based on waiting to get more global support in hopes that Saddam might give it up more easily faced with overwhelming opposition. Now I could give a crap what France thinks, and I think China would publicly badmouth us no matter what. And I don't think anyone wants to hear China's opinion on humanitarian issues b/c they are the worst.

I was mainly hoping to sway the Russians. I think we need to work on our relationship with them and they scare me the most for alot of reasons. They need to strengthen their gov't because IMO, their organized crime and military leaders our just as big a threat to sell WMD to terrorists as Saddam. There is alot of corruption over there and they have alot of leftovers from the Cold War era.

I also think they would be a strong ally in the fight against terror.

But I think I was way off base here. I think that Russia's motives are becoming more clear. Between the post-war contract stuff and them selling to Iraq. That is really disappointing and I hope the global community doesn't just brush all this aside.