Hubris. You have some big successes, you're riding high, and you get to thinking you're the special one and can do anything. Blair got a dose of this too. It was a factor in Iraq imo. (View Post)

It's not really a viable standalone state, is it. You need more people than that. (View Post)

What a disgusting creature he is. (View Post)

Mmm, the "travel broadens the mind" chestnut. I'm not convinced. So many trips and each one delivers you back to base thinking and saying the same old things. (View Post)

I retired at 49. Or "petered out" would be more accurate. I was like a stone skimming across the water, at first with zipping force, the skips long and fast, then gradually losing momentum,… (View Post)