See Tom, I am not the only person who thinks it is a romantic comedy! Although in all fairness, neither I nor Wally seem to have seen the movie but only read the book.

Yes, looks like war is upon us. Possibly, the world is much closer to nuclear disaster than at any point since WW2, save for the brief Cuban missle crisis perhaps. I would like to nominate another name to the list:

Tony Blair - supposed head of the Labour party, who has turned in his socialist ideals faster than could be imagined for the chance to jump into bed with the war monger Bush.

"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." -- The Bhagavad-Gita, quote by Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer