As I've never pretended to be any kind of 'expert' on Iceland and indeed sourced all my contributions, I'll assume any snide comments are not directed at me personally.

However, neither am I an insular nationalist who has no interest in affairs outside my own country; and, in addition, I have a very real interest in the current Icelandic government's decision whether to repay the debt to foreign savers in the failed Icelandic banks as they were obliged to or to reneague on this as many wish them to, as part of my pension probably depends upon the outcome.

In view of the many comments from outside the US on the recent election and appointment of a new president and administration who, like the present government of Iceland, promise change I thought mudcat was a forum for discussion of all world events that concern us

What I hope I added to any discussion was an attempt at 'balance' - to demonstrate that there is more than one subjective view coming out of this beleaguered country struggling to use its newly elected Social Democratic government (which was only formed in February this year) to uncover any fraud and stabilize the currency.