-IN REGARDS TO THIS TERM OF REFERENCE--WHICH ARISES, IN EVALUATING THE CONTENTS OF THIS AWARD-WINNING WEBSITE WHENEVER THE WORDS, "ALLIES," "ALLIANCE," OR THE LIKE ARE INCLUDED IN COMMENTARY BY PEOPLE IN THE FIELDS ADDRESSED BY MY "INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC WORK...ON A DIRECT BASIS" FOR THE WORLD'S CHILDREN--BEAR IN MIND WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE...AS WELL AS WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE.

THEN CONSIDER THAT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID (WITH THAT SECOND THING IN MIND) WAS SET UP A GUESTBOOK FOR THE WEBSITE AND I SIGNED IT MYSELF IN THE MANNER INDICATED BY WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A SERIES OF (2) BRIEF SIDESTEPS HERE.

WITH THOSE TERMS OF REFERENCE IN MIND, BEAR IN MIND THAT THE POLITICAL MINDSET OF THE COUNTRY OF MY BIRTH CONTINUES TO BE GOVERNED BY A PARTY WHICH HAS ESPOUSED A PHILOSOPHY SINCE AT LEAST 1995 THAT IS INDICATED BY WHAT YOU FIND IF YOU TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE.

ALLIANCES--LIKE FRIENDSHIPS--NEED TRUST AND HONESTY AMONG THOSE WHO SHARE THEM OR THEY FAIL.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO ARGUE WITH THAT SIMPLE STATEMENT (YOU HAVE MY PITY), WELL, MY "VIEWS" ON THE SUBJECT ARE AIRED IN A 1983 STATEMENT THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER IF YOU TAKE A SERIES OF (13) SIDESTEPS HERE.

BUT IF THAT DOESN'T MAKE MY POINT SUFFICIENTLY WITH ALL THIS TERMS OF REFERENCE CONSIDERED TOGETHER, THEN TAKE YOUR NEXT FOOTSTEP HERE.