Unfortunately Malta is still a country where tonsils carry more weight than credentials. The FAA and the recent stoppage of the St John's Museum project sustain this argument.

Had the FAA waited for the final application, then taken a stand, it would have been credible. Had the FAA sat down with viable options and reached a compromise, it would have been constructive. Had the FAA not acted as an estate agent, it would have been honest.

The FAA instead played into the hands of the PL (Partit Le). There were still avenues to be explored that would have kept the project going, yet on the strength of a thousand or so signatures Malta has lost out.

"If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." (Jacques Anatole Thibault)