Just for the record, as of 6:15am UTC 2 June 2003:
1) Still no WMD found.
2) No Saddam.
3) No Iraqi ties to al-Qaeda.
In today's Sydney Morning Herald, a chilling story of incredible abuse of Iraqi POWs at the hands of British soldiers, as caught on film by British Fusilier Gary Bartham, aged 18. Says Gary's mum: "We know it's very serious, but he's a young lad. How many other soldiers are like him - who go in naive and find themselves in the same position?"
Ah, the crazy days of youth. Back when there was no such thing as rock-n-roll played too loud, when getting to second base was still a thrill, and nothing would make a Saturday night special like stringing up a terrified half-naked man to a forklift and driving him around a hangar.
In other news, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has taken yet another cue from his pal George on spin control: he now claims to have secret evidence of iraqi weapons of mass destruction; he just can't share them with the British Parliament at th present time due to security issues. As this tactic has worked well for W. in a number of issues for nearly two years now, there is little reason to suspect that it will not go so well for The Poodle.
And, hot on the heals of *postponing* Iraqi democracy last week, the US has now pretty much scrapped the idea entirely: instead, US officials are suggesting an appointed council to run Iraq for the forseeable future, at least until a constitution is drawn up (which must meet US approval, in a move to help protect Iraqi sovereignity from harmful outside influence from countries that mean it ill, like Syria and Iran and France.)
Phaedrus
1) Still no WMD found.
2) No Saddam.
3) No Iraqi ties to al-Qaeda.
In today's Sydney Morning Herald, a chilling story of incredible abuse of Iraqi POWs at the hands of British soldiers, as caught on film by British Fusilier Gary Bartham, aged 18. Says Gary's mum: "We know it's very serious, but he's a young lad. How many other soldiers are like him - who go in naive and find themselves in the same position?"
Ah, the crazy days of youth. Back when there was no such thing as rock-n-roll played too loud, when getting to second base was still a thrill, and nothing would make a Saturday night special like stringing up a terrified half-naked man to a forklift and driving him around a hangar.
In other news, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has taken yet another cue from his pal George on spin control: he now claims to have secret evidence of iraqi weapons of mass destruction; he just can't share them with the British Parliament at th present time due to security issues. As this tactic has worked well for W. in a number of issues for nearly two years now, there is little reason to suspect that it will not go so well for The Poodle.
And, hot on the heals of *postponing* Iraqi democracy last week, the US has now pretty much scrapped the idea entirely: instead, US officials are suggesting an appointed council to run Iraq for the forseeable future, at least until a constitution is drawn up (which must meet US approval, in a move to help protect Iraqi sovereignity from harmful outside influence from countries that mean it ill, like Syria and Iran and France.)
Phaedrus
