some very significant people have lined up, condemning what you have done, or questioning it. i m not sure. the european commissioner, peter mandelson, has questioned the wisdom of publishing the cartoons, he says, publishing them again and again pours petrol on the flames. you talk about frustration with governments, now, but your whole career, basically, sounds as if it s been banging your head against a brick wall. great to see you, how are you? how do you feel, as president, that you are going to go down in history as a president who presided over a loss of a large part of your territory? oh, gosh, yes. we understood that you wished to do this interview, and you wished to reply to questions that we, in the name of the bbc, are putting towards you, am i not right? cheers! yeah! to the next 20 years! how come you all have water, and i have got wine? that s terrible! so go on, you ve got to take us back to the first run. we want to hear, tim, your thoughts on how it all st