Bush’s faulty intelligence
So Bush finally admits what the rest of knew before the war, that the intelligence about Saddam’s WMD was wrong. Here wrong should be read as ‘made up’, but don’t…
Bush sets out strategy for victory
Today George Bush unveiled his “National Strategy for Victory in Iraq”, his mission statement for ending the war. The main points of the plan are: The plan is a clear…
America’s banned weapons
What is the rest of the story? More than a year after the last battle for Fallujah, the US military has admitted using phosphorous weapons. There may be other nasty…
London-Iraq link — from the horse’s mouth
Two-thirds of the British public believe that the recent London bombs were linked to our involvement in Iraq. Only two-thirds? What do the other third think the bombs were about?…
London like Baghdad
A week after the bombings in London, this is a good moment for a bit of a think. The carnage visited on the city is but a small reflection of…
Casus Bollocks
Riverbend points out on her Baghdad Burning blog an interesting shift in the rhetoric of George Bush and his armchair junta. The invasion of Iraq was justified by the country’s…
Thank you, Tony Blair
Following the terror outrage in London, Psipook has obtained an exclusive statement from Prime Minister Tory Blair. “Let me tell you a story. There once was a chap called Mr.…
Suffer yet more little children
Suffer yet more little children …The first casualties of war are the innocents Below you will find two short meditations about the killing of innocent people, particularly children, just because…
I quite agree
A snippet, culled without permission from this week’s Harper’s news review. Ralph Nader called for the impeachment of George W. Bush based on reports of the Bush Administration “fixing” the…
Bush bollocks
Another day, another Bushism. This one was delivered in a press conference response to Amnesty International’s recent criticism of the US for setting back the cause of human rights and…