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Thanks, Carton.

I didn't know breakfast was considered a shallow meal, since I rarely eat it, so the analogy confused me. What about 2nd breakfast? Just kidding :-)

I agree with most of what you say, except I doubt your personal understanding ever went to breakfast.

Right away after 9/11, I felt instinctively that Western Civilization was under attack, and the existence of nuclear weapons makes the danger mortal, IMO.

I never liked Tony Blair, as I saw him as part of the Left, which I believe he is, but he put his finger on the truth by saying publicly that 9/11 was an attack on Western Civilization. Lots of Europeans want to pretend to themselves that the attack is only on the U.S., when the reality is probably that the U.S. was attacked by Al Qaeda merely because we are the main fortress these days of the West.

Thanks for all your insights, Carton, they are really valuable and helpful, I am learning alot.

It isn't the breakfast that's shallow... it's the time span. When Bibi said that phrase, it was 10:30... so, he was saying that they understand history as far back as breakfast... You should have seen Russert's face... it was priceless.

Actually, when those towers came down, I knew that I would never be the same.

And your analysis of Tony Blair and Europe are spot on!

Have a great day...