Pottery Barn rule

Submitted by Bill Templeton (United States), Nov 9, 2007 at 16:24

As Colin Powell said, if you invade a country - no matter if the cause is just or not - it is now "yours", including all the problems explicit and hidden. Seems like the Bush administration should have taken his advice.

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