But when Rogue State becomes as familiar a term in everyday bar talk as.. football - we may well discover just how rapidly previous 'diplomatic obstacles' can vanish.

Nothing succeeds like an Ogre to combat. And GW Bush appears to have already attracted a certain resemblance to the chimerical.. (nothing to do with charisma, BTW) in the eyes of more people [?] than the population of the US. There's the Symbol to rally 'round. Every time he opens his mouth in Texan threat-speak, the caricature fleshes-in a bit more.



But, keep smiling.. it may all work out. Meanwhile: send pretzels and Hope.

Ashton