Bravely spoken, Peg - you're a diamond!

Banjoist said: Don't forget, it was hate for the US that started this mess. I wonder if he has ever given a moment's thought to what started the hate?

Even here in the UK - where we have just about the only government (apart from Israel's) that is prepared to support Bush - a large proportion of thinking people hold America in contempt.

Perhaps the attitude exemplified by Kendall partly explains why. His remarks about saving us (I like the "we") would take the breath away, except that he's probably blissfully unaware that more than 20 MILLION USSR people lost their lives fighting that war. Or if he is aware, he would also know they were only commies. And anyway, Uncle Sam weighed in with dollars, which obviously count more than lives.

Round about now might be a good time for Americans to start reading "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" while there might yet be time to prevent history repeating itself.