[nanny]

Of course, I am wrong - surely I must be -

I said I wasn't there and shouldn't second guess - actually, you see - none of us were there. We are sitting here behind our Made in China computers and commenting. Which actually makes any comment as good as another.

I still don't like the picture it puts in my mind.

[discostu]

Actually I saw it on my made in Japan TV and even with the pre-amble from the commentators I still thought it was going to be a riot. Things were very ugly. Especially when put into the context that they weren't heading towards the mosque to get rid of the bad guys anyway, they were going to the Imam's house to discuss the mosque, and the Imam was there and couldn't calm the crowd down. Put that picture in your mind: our guys using their intelligence and some body language to defuse a situation that the people's own religious leader couldn't manage to defuse. Pretty impressive feat.