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