The drama is unfolding as I write and events may well overtake me – but some of these reminiscences may merit a longer durability. At an ephemeral level the military intervention and seizing of the head of government in Venezuela (let alone any future administrative occupation and control) by the US sends a dismal signal to the rest of the world – and could be taken to be an encouragement to Xi Jin Ping to invade Taiwan and Russia to occupy other parts of Europe or those stat