General Tommy Franks did what many others do when he visited Bondi -- home suburb of Tim Blair and James Morrow -- got shitfaced.

General Franks revealed in his book he was so confident of Australia's support in Iraq that he told President George W. Bush Canberra could be counted on even if the US made a "unilateral" decision to go to war. He admitted he almost decided to move to Australia after falling in love with Bondi, beer and "beach sheilas" during an R&R break from the Vietnam War -- but then "I sobered up".