The Silver Medal Winner in the "Lack of Self-Awareness Olympics" Goes to

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice:

At the end, perhaps the only thing Russia will have proved is that "they can use their overwhelming regional military power to beat up on a small neighbor," she said.

Just like at the end of the day, the only thing that the U.S. will have proved in Iraq is that we can use our global military power to beat up on a distant nation that posed no real threat (notwithstanding that the lack of a threat which was known to the Bush Administration before they began the war).

Almost forgot about this: