>>>Well said, except that I only participated in one invasion. The other times were by invitation of the host government. that'll teach me to accept an invitation! :o)
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>>Sometimes when I get invited to a party, I say, "No thanks." ;)
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>And sometimes there's trouble with people who don't take "no" for an answer, but take it for an offense, or even felony... to what lengths I had to go to make sure they get the message... or not get me.

I try not to worry too much about that. Sometimes people just don't feel like doing something that I feel like doing, and if I can accept that, then they have to be able to accept the reverse. If they can't, well, I don't see it as my problem.