"I should probably sing Rule Britannia, while flogging a poor chimney sweep, and drinking a cup of Earl Grey from a china cup right about now then.."

Whatever turns your crank, lively.

The three interviews were aired on CBS's "60 Minutes" news magazine last night. The first interview is with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who talks about current US policy in Afghanistan.

The second is with Amrullah Saleh, who four years ago told Pakistan's president that bin Laden was living in that very area. Yet, Pakistan's president did nothing about it while assuring the United States that he was cooperating. Was he afraid of losing the billions in foreign aid the US was sending to Pakistan while secretly aiding bin Laden?

The third interview does not relate to the other two. It deals with a dangerous, self-styled anarchist "militia." Not unlike Neo-Nazis.

I, too, "have done my homework from multiple sources." Too much trouble for some folks on this thread. They would much rather (speaking of John Wayne) just shoot from the hip.

Don Firth