An interesting piece of news and yet another example of the dumbing down process to which the BBC has been subjected for the last few years. The article was written by a diplomatic correspondent – although quite what qualifications he has in order to hold that title is certainly not clear from this article. I suspect that his political stance was of greater significance at his job interview than his knowledge of diplomacy or international politics…. Either that or the poor guy wrote the article in a hurry based on reports from the AP website and didn’t have time to give it due consderration.