LH, no need to be "striken with remorse" in the least - been on holiday - that's all.

Hi there Bobert,

This just another of your seemingly endless tirades against your country's current administration? You must be feeling rather cheated at the moment, your predictions of hundreds of thousands of casualties and the inevitable "Stalingrad" type battle for Baghdad, have all come to nought, so it only seems natural that you would leap onto any bandwagon to have another swipe at your government.

No miscalculation, Bobert, the whole of their planning was based on the demographics of Iraq that you contend they have no knowledge of. Your current administration has steadfastly said that ultimately the government of Iraq will be selected by the Iraqi people - It's early days yet Bobert - Too early for your usual doom and gloom predictions, but that has never stopped you in the past. For my part I am content to wait and see.