] Dear Condi, I'm glad you've decided to get over your fit
] of pique and venture north to visit your closest
] neighbour. It's a chance to learn a thing or two. Maybe
] more.

] I know it seems improbable to your divinely guided master
] in the White House that mere mortals might disagree with
] participating in a missile-defence system that has failed
] in its last three tests, even though the tests themselves
] were carefully rigged to show results.

] But, gosh, we folks above the 49th parallel are somewhat
] cautious types who can't quite see laying down billions
] of dollars in a three-dud poker game.

Damn.

View from the West