Robomatic: your summary of Jim's approach is good but omits his tendency to sling insults about aggressively when he is pressed to be less simplistic and faced with sensible objections. While we are rounding out history, let's not forget that a lot of violent terrorism on the island of Ireland was funded by 'yanks'. Given their way over the years, the Irish would arguably now be subject to some Catholic European power, with the Spanish and the French being the two contenders or to the US "empire".