[longtermmemmory]

Then please explain this radical appeasement streak he has expressed. Pandering to islam is not the sign of inteligence I would expect from your anecdote.

[Old North State]

Re: Your comment about Prince Charles appeasement streak: I can't explain it , I think he is wrong and misguided. My point is that I don't believe he is animated by the anti-Americanism which is so prevalent in Europe. He impressed me as having a sense of the long view of history and of a people "divided by a common language", as the old joke goes. It may not be much, but it is something.