Ake, I'm pleased you've learned a new word - "sophistry" - funnily enough it's the word I used somewhile back in connection with diana & carol.

So, according to you, our foreign policy should be based upon whatever a bunch of fanatics believe it should be, interesting idea.

Make no mistake ake the west will prevail. The biggest losers here are, potentially, the ordinary law abiding muslims, so why haven't the muslim leaders throughout the world ever organised a global conference to decide how they can defeat the fanatics?

You are correct in as much as education is necessary, but as I sit here in a room with two thousand books, which I bought with my own money that I could have spent on purchasing explosives, I don't believe it to be me that needs it the most.

You may, if you wish, continue to make excuses for these people but don't expect me to excuse you.

Time will tell if I am right or you are wrong

Time for cricket