I love you too, Mick, and yes, it happened in Itl Airspace, but what would it have cost us to "apologise" in diplomatic language to get our boys home sooner?

We ended up using "diplomatic language" in the end to get them home (to hell with the plane!) so what would it have hurt to use it a little sooner?

China is not the only or first to ever declare a more than usual border limit.....(3 miles)so why make such big moolah over this one?

I too, have tremendous respect for Colin Powell (and respect him even more for refusing to run for Pres), but what exactly is going on here?