by Journeyman Nobody told us these things, at least not soon enough, but there are a handful of dependable 'maxims' or observations on how human beings think and behave. Here's one. Put another way, "a man does not think to look behind the door if he has not stood there himself." Let's try on a few examples: Former Russian president Putin recently said that the conflict in Georgia was "orchestrated by the US to benefit a presidential candidate." He claimed that the Republican party needed a foreign policy "victory", and claimed to have thwarted this American plot. __NOEDITSECTION__