Irrationalism in 'Rings'? So sayeth he...

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Americans are certainly not the only people willing to go to war against Iraq. You might be surprised at what some of your own countrymen think.

I think that you may have misunderstood my position. The articles were largely written about the climate in America, so I concentrated on that. The populations of all countries contain a roughly equal proportion of complete morons, most of whom are in favour of any war provided that they're not personally involved and their own country wins. I can assure you that I'm not claiming crowing rights, especially since it looks as though Her Majesty's Government is going to play follow-my-leader with the US in this as in every other political situation.

My point is that the articles were talking about America and how things are being interpreted there. I've absolutely no idea how matters have been "understood" among some brain-dead minority of Englishmen, but when I find out I shall be even more scathing about them, I can assure you.

On a lighter note, Lush has clearly put her finger on the real pulse of TTT with the smoking theory. The geopolitics is clearly a smokescreen thrown up by well-wishers to disguise that hidden agenda.