G'day Carl, > Tony the Terrible is a sight to behold. I think of the UK as the > Cheshire Cat of imperialism; the martial might has disappeared, and all that > remains is the sanctimonious Attitude hanging disembodied in midair.
That nails it! 'Course, I suspect it's an Anglo-Saxon thing. Oz never had that power, but we too are making a singularly good fist of sanctimonious Attitude: as we sombrely declare the Taliban uncivilised brutes, we sombrely declare those who flee them uncivilised brutes and farm them off to Nauru. I predict a time, and not too far away, when this war against terrorism will be enthusiastically supported only by the Anglo-Saxon countries. Such is the fate of History's Chosen Ones, eh? Sigh, Rob.
