But pray, remind me, is it the individual or cumulative benefits of America's hand on the tap of irreplaceable HP and Apple computers, extraordinary rendition, Google and eBay, toxic tranch'd investments, Microsoft and Hollywood movies, the continuous blowback of her constant Geneva Protocol violations and a bloated NATO that you would miss?

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

We are dependent upon russia for a substantial portion of our energy, so a certain amount of public making nice is compulsory. Public dressing downs are the stuff of diplomatic nightmares and suggest a level of contempt and indifference that does not represent our actual trade relationship.

keep to the Fen Causeway