London

Back from a camping trip - heard the London news, had to throw in my two cents. Tony said the attacks were 'a nasty reminder of the risks of holding international events on home soil' and while that may be the case, I think that more poignant is that it highlights the risks of holding international events - such as invasions, liberations, or whatever you want to call them - on foreign soil. Perhaps also we should remember Afghanistan in our list of possible sources of outrage, though Iraq and the G8 are poignant enough.

I add my sty cry of sympathy and hope as i wait to hear from all the friends I made in London over the three years I was there that all will be well. I also become nostalgic for the days when the kings of opposing armies would challenge each other to a duel in order to resolve conflict, avoiding senseless slaughter. Or did that just happen in the books I read as a child.