And there are writers here who believe that we were too soft for too long. "Stop the appeasement," they were saying.

These foreign affairs situations are so difficult to decode and decide. It's hard enough for those in the inside on the decision-making circles as to the right moves, let alone those of us chirping on the outside with our limited knowledge.

In my ideal world, we would be have a much different electoral system that would find the wiser people for this job.

Can you imagine the former president rattling about this conflict?