I agree, it’s irritating when people project their own ideological interpretation onto complex events.<\/p>\n
OT, does anyone else think this whole episode could have been avoided if Georgia had developed a better system of light rail?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I really am easily amused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I haven’t written anything about the war in Georgia because I don’t know enough about the circumstances and history, and I figure there are plenty of other places you could go for uninformed ranting. Over at Reason’s Hit & Run blog, there’s a good piece by Matt Welch on how various commentators see the war … <\/p>\n
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