As a genuine onlooker from the sidelines, I hesitated to join the
pile-up here, but hell, might as well register my own wincing
response to one of DHF's snipes that hasn't been commented upon yet,
his  "take that, you blame-America-firsters" or something close to
those words (I've deleted the message, alas).  I wanted to thank Mr.
Fears for including me, I confess, among the proud ranks of those
who've opposed American imperialism, following the lead of a
well-known American writer whose name I seem to have forgotten for
the moment...a harsh critic of the Spanish American War, wore a white
suit, smoked cigars...you probably know the guy I mean....

Ben