These guys found out the Soviet Union wasn't on the brink of obliterating us by watching The Wall come down on TV.

And then they invaded Iraq and just barely managed to turn a solid military victory into a fiasco that's still dragging on. I just hope we aren't planning on counting on the Kurds - those guys remember being stabbed in the back for a long, long time.

Let's not get into the whole Mogadishu thing - I'm pretty sure that was revenge for the ass-kicking 41 took at the polls rather than incredible cluelessness.

And then, about a year ago, they thought the Taliban was a pretty good ally.

If they ever decide the terrorist threat level is low, I'm digging a shelter.