It may be true. It certainly was true in Southeast Asia. I saw that on the ground. It was inevitable. Everything has its consequences in this business.
Nothing goes away.
The deals and the promises that you make today really do come home to roost. The more secrets, sometimes, the more violent the response. Again, speaking of news and experience, your portrayal of the press is pretty unflattering. In the last 15 or 20 years, I've watched the British press simply go to hell. There seems to be no limit, no depths to which the tabloids won't sink.