Having read much and said little of late, I feel the I ought to put my bit in (as much to check the reaction as anything else...)
StrimmerTrimmer. Top job, lad. Never a truer word spoken on anonymous forum for like-minded people. However, although the Balkans has been the starting point of previous wars, the overall European picture was somewhat different then (Austro-Hungarian Empire?!)
JackoNicko - as a Journo, does anyone know/care/ask the REAL public's opinion, or is it just what the media present as their opinion that counts? - I have been very impressed by your knowledge and concern for the matter, but I really feel that the public haven't a clue and honestly don't really care too much, as long as it doesn't affect them (and so few of them read the Indie).
Can anyone see any realistic (a hard one to define, so I haven't) scenario when we would actually use a nuclear warhead? Hardly PC and green, is it? Can't see the Blair backbone holding up to that one.
This is not to say that I agree, or disagree with any of the points I mention, but...
I would like to say that I feel the decline may be irreversible and that BinAroundabit's wife may not be cynical, but might indeed show the astute nature shown by the ladies of this forum (what was her view on Wifeof's topic?).
Anyway, keep up the good posts, but please keep them short. Having not done (or intending ever to do) ISS, I can't read for too long.