And finally

Just because I have been rambling away in typical self-gripped fashion, it's not to imply that I am not hooked on the extraordinary Wikileaks/Afghanistan revelations. General buzz from the UK seems to be, 'What, you didn't already know that this was a shit war that's getting shittier?' and that if anyone believes the right wing yarns re. spiffing war heroes and possible victory, they're more naive than a kitten born in a nunnery. Not to deny that there have been some heroics along the way, of course. But really. Let's get out of there. And, in the meantime, thank our lucky stars that Wikileaks and its whistleblowers are still around to prove what everyone suspects.