[hinckley buzzard]

Since Hungary had been communist for only about thirty years, their angst could only have gone back that far. Apparently, it doesn’t take much. Imagine how difficult it must be for Russians.

Imagine how difficult it must be for Iraqis, after thirty years of Saddam totalitarianism.

Oh--we're not supposed to ask that are we..."Send those lousy Iraqis a message--they better stand up for themselves --start running their own government or we're outa there! They're just taking advantage of us!"

That's better.

[gcruse]

I think Saddam can be compared to Marshall Tito in that regard. Tito succeeded chiefly in keeping ethnic groups from slaughtering each other by enslaving them so the Soviets wouldn’t.

Get rid of Tito/Saddam and internecine warfare breaks out.

Comparing Iraq to Hungary overlooks Iraq’s internal tribalism, while tainting Hungary with a viciousness they do not have.