both sides are sabre rattling, both sides are obfuscating and telling porkies, both sides are playing to their domestic galleries and world opinion rather than actually being honest

O rly? How unexpected! [/heavy sarcasm]

* has also been burying head in... um... sand about this one *

Having said that...

* forwards bits of this on to Dad, who has been trying, so far without success, to convince her of one side ofver the other *