I assume he wasn't bamboozled, but was told not to bring it up with Kuei. There's something Pux suggested to me once that I've always wanted to do something with... Long Feng putting off and putting off telling Kuei about the War, because Kuei is just a boy, and then later, well, he's still too young, and even later, well, he'll ask questions about why he wasn't told before and it's not hurting him not to know, and still later, well, he doesn't need to know, at least one person can be happy, no one needs to tell him.

Pux and I really like the Dai Li. ^__^ FST? Fire something-something?

You are clearly me. And yes, the Roman view was how I was looking at it. Which is why Ozai preferring to bottom is a very upsetting thing to Iroh.