Davy was a more transparent narrator than Brian. Apart from the romantic theme of reuniting with his lover (always a good plan) he has been mysterious about exactly why he has returned. What he has revealed is a far more difficult task than Davy ever tried to take on. It sounds like he needs to manipulate the fundamental way people react to each other. The task seems global.

Always a good read and whenever someone is desperately searching for soming to read Dan Kirk's links are at the top of my list.

First:
I think it is all about stop looking backward of what was and instead start looking forward of what can be but checking up history for guidance of what not to do.

Second:
Trust that the mainstream of people in other parts of the world are like us in the western world who want to live a pleasent life with a nice government that don't interfere with us more than necessary.

Terorism strive on old glory and extremism.
Europe would be full of terrorists if we all thought like the Serbians and Usama Bin Laden. There would be terrorists in southern Sweden trying to get the southern province back to Denmark, there would be swedes in Finland trying to get Finland back to Sweden. Terrorist i Alsace-Lorraine trying to get Elsass-Lothringen back to Germany as well in Silesia, Pommerania and Preussen The Austrians and Ungarians would be fighting all over eastern Europe. There would be attempts to recreate Burgundy in Southern France. The italians would be all over Europe claiming it to be all theirs when they were not fighting each others when recreating the italian citystates. And then I haventt mentioned half of the possible conflicts of what could be. And not to talk of all religious fights there would be (don't forget the 30-year war in the 17:th century) if we let our christian zealots loose all over the place.

The 30-year war got us stright on the religious matters and and one of the legacies of Hitler is that we stopped look at old glory. Thus the European Union.

So don't meddle in internal conflicts. Support people with a democratic sense and skip the "strong" people. The mainstream of people in a country are as capable as we in solving their problems as long they who have a democratic sence has a say in it.

Jumping off the soap box.