Excellent comments, Wolfgang.

Jim - If Two Bears seems to you to have shown an inconsistency in his statements, he would be sitting right in the same boat with all the rest of us fallible humans. We all make seemingly inconsistent statements from time to time...if you add up every word we've ever said and draw comparisons between them. We all unconsciously contradict ourselves from time to time. This is one reason why it's hell to be a politician, and be brought to account for every public word you have ever uttered. No one can pass that test of the literal word with perfect marks...not even great prophets like Jesus. They all appear to contradict themselves if you take their words out of context...but if you study the whole nature of the person you can soon understand the basis of his philosophy.

The thing is, you've got to look at each statement a person makes in the context in which he made it. Two Bears does not categorize Iraqis in general as "bad people", nor does he categorize any nation in such a fashion. I can assure you of that. I know him.

- LH