>And it's still not finished, and still not good enough. But then I don't think all of these lives were spent just building democracy - many of them were just the collateral damage from the play of the major powers. Was it worth it? Maybe. Not yet.

What about WWII? What is your take on that? Worth it? Or should everyone have just acted like the French? There would have been an awful lot of blond and blue walking about. Of course, I'm a good share German, of the blond and blue, so I would fit right in.