It is not certain which side is being opened up and to whom, but whatever the motives, Clinton pulled off a stunning diplomatic initiative.

'Sir Clinton Galahad' swooped out of the no-fly zone sky in his silver metal stallion to land in the bad lands. He was in search of his damsels in distress. He found them. We were not told if an apparition of Monica (you know who), appealed to him during the night, or was it a flash of unbridled inspiration created or nurtured tenderly by the pleas of loved ones or low feline growls from the catacombs of Washington's Darwinian environment? Natural feelings aside, Clinton arrived there well before the world woke up to the news. The plumbers had done a good job; compare that to the number of leaks emanating out of Westminster! "Liza had a hole in her bucket, can you fix it?"

For some time now we have matched fire with fire, perhaps it is time we practiced quenching fire with water.

Dr Francis Apaloo, Shear Bank Road, Blackburn