Well, the Argentinian generals did their bit too...in an effort to distract their beleagured populace from more pressing domestic concerns...so I wouldn't give Maggie the whole blame for that one. One thing that woman was good for was fighting and winning a war, that's for sure.

I wouldn't say she was good for much of anything else, though.

Pity she and Reagan weren't both single...they could have married, and possibly arranged to make the United Kingdom into the 51st state of the USA. Then Canada could have been inducted as the 52nd state, and the English-speaking world could have consolidated itself into a single mighty capitalist entity and set out to convert the rest of the world into a cultural image of itself, setting up fast food franchises from here to Katmandu, abolishing all labour unions (specially in 3rd World sweatshops), and providing cozy walled enclaves for corporate CEO's in faraway places, fully equipped with compliant Filipina servants to while away those empty hours...

- LH