Who else had their hand up?

"We do know of certain knowledge that he is either in Afghanistan, or some other country or dead."

The Brits are already becoming nostalgic for Blair ("Sorry, Gordon, but you aren't a game-show host"). Hard as it is to believe, in a few short years we, in this Republic, will become nostalgic for Bertie. It is even conceivable that one day our Northern neighbours may miss Paisley.

However, today, the BBC issued the following exercise in Rumsfeld nostalgia. Surely that's going too far?