A QUESTION OF TACTICS vs. STRATEGY

Martin Pratt surfs in from London and makes some cogent points about the British perspective in my Guestbook. An excerpt:

"...the fact that we were not directly hit on Sept 11 may in itself allow us a certain detatchment...like a friend counselling restraint to a man who has just fallen victim to a dreadful crime. The intervention of Bill Clinton in Northern Ireland was welcome because he was not emotionally involved, and he could see the best way to peace, uncomfortable (and unwelcome) as that was to the British Govt and public at the time. And guess what, it seems to have worked.