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Bah. I can remember Steve Christie missing game deciding field goals. Would you not consider him a great kicker?

Lindell is certainly capable of making that kick but to rely on him to make it when you have every chance to make it shorter is just plain stupid. A 47 yard kick is never a certainty, far less so when it's into the wind and the game decider. Yes, Trent had had a terrible game but he'd just completed his best pass of the night to put them in range. He's shown he can win the game in the 4th quarter in the past and he should have at least been given the opportunity to do so again. If Jauron doesn't trust him in that situation then he should have been pulled - there's no point in leaving him out there if you're not going to let him throw the ball.

I can't really remember the ones that he caught as well as the drop. The drop stuck in my mind as nothing up to that point was working and, for once, Trent throws a perfect pass for a 1st down and it's dropped.

I completely agree. Johnson's performance was very encouraging, even with the drop. I can't agree with writing off a drive-killing drop as a "no-gainer" however.

I could be mistaken but wouldn't that catch have gone for a 1st down?

Don't forget Josh Reed. Losing him has had a lot to do with the offense disappearing.

Should be fixed now ...

Obama is "young, handsome and tanned". Berlusconi quote Not a massive suprise given his "form": The wit and wisdom of Silvio Berlusconi

Nope, I'm not going to defend it. I think it's a daft move by Chavez.

Remind me again whether or not the US invasion of Iraq was UN-approved. All this huffing and puffing about "UN sanctions", "UN inspections", "UN-approved coalition planes" but when the UN refuses to let the US have it's stupid war, it's to hell with the UN.

? The issue in contention (which you raised in the first place) is not whether or not Russian troops were inside Georgia (they are) but whether or not they entered Gori (even the Georgians now admit they didn't). Your original quote:

So, by that logic, Saddam could do what he likes to the Kurds since the Kurdish region of Iraq was recognised to be part of Iraq? The Russian justification for attacks beyond South Ossetia and Abkhazia is that the areas were being used as staging posts to attack these regions. Incidentally, even the Georgians are now admitting that the Russians have not entered Gori: "Later, a spokesman for the Georgian interior ministry told the BBC that there had never been Russian troops in Gori." BBC report

I'm sure it has plenty to do with the pipeline. None of which changes the fact that it was stupid of Georgia to think they could attack South Ossetia without this sort of response from Russia. Did they think that Putin was so busy watching the Olympics that he wouldn't notice?

Thank you, we are Do you believe that the South Ossetians should be part of Georgia whether they like it or not?

Borders are not set in stone. They can and do change over the course of history. Why should the current borders of Georgia, established by a certain Josef Stalin (a well-known Georgian) be somehow considered sancrosanct? Riddle me this: if Kosovans have the right of self-determination to decide whether or not they want to be part of Serbia, why should the same right of self-determination not be applied to South Ossetians as to whether or not they want to remain part of Georgia? Or are separatists somehow considered "good" if they happen to be pro-western, "bad" if they aren't.

I prefer this analysis: Cold war reading won't wash

Just caught the tail end of his round in my lunchbreak. Drove it 314 on the 18th. 30-40 yards past both of his playing partners who are probably a couple of decades younger. Not bad at all for 53! Always loved watching him play. All the talent in the world but the mental side just let him down. If he had the mental ability of Faldo (far less naturally talented IMO) I think he'd be pushing double figures for major wins rather than the measly two he ended up with (so far!).

It is now. It has not always been so and I certainly wouldn't label everyone in the country "morons".

Three now

I hate when ignorant morons label an entire nation that they know next to nothing about "backwards morons".

I think you'll find that most of Nadal's victories are on clay, where he is undoubtedly in a class of his own. Also, that stat is somewhat skewed by the fact that Nadal has never managed to do anything of significance in either the Australian or US opens - he normally gets knocked out before he actually gets to meet Federer.

And no doubt the same esteemed sources were telling us what a massive threat Iraq was a few years ago. Call me sceptical but I'm not going to take all this for granted. Is there some Iranian involvement in Iraq? Undoubtedly, but at the same time, it wouldn't suprise me in the slightest if it's being exaggerated to soften up the US public for the next half-baked adventure.

And who would that be? In the event of an Israeli strike on Iran, there will almost certainly be a response from Hizbollah (which would in effect be the Iranian response). I doubt that a surgical strike by Israel would lead to Iran closing the straights as that would represent quite a considerable escalation on their part. I'm also uncertain as to how much an Israeli airstrike is likely to achieve as any nuclear facilities Iran may have are likely to be deep underground and highly dispersed (it's not as if an Israeli attack would exactly be a suprise).

Maybe you shouldn't believe everything you hear. Yeah, I'm sure a war with Iran would be a picnic and no graves at all would be needed for American troops

Exactly. Just being a muslim does not make someone an Arab. Otherwise the Pakistanis and Indonesians would be classed as "Arabs".