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Blair hails 'signs of change and progress' in Iraq, as the mortars drop around him.
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A fitting end to a sorry saga (at least for the PM); in quite possibly Blair's final visit to Iraq as leader, he made this statement as the sound of mortar shells thudded the ground nearby.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6672097.stm
At what point does something become so obviously contradictory between what is being stated and what is happening. Unmitigated tragedy and woeful miscalculation - even Jimmy Carter's not impressed.
And as far as the WMD threat is concerned, if we weren't threatened before we fucking are now. According to the UN monitoring agencies who were forced out due to the invasion, satellite observations have recorded almost unchecked looting of sites in Iraq that, while not possessing actual weapons, house technologies that could be used in their manufacture. (Source: Chomsky, N. 2005. 'Failed States'. (Penguin, NY) 29)
A statement from a Jordanian journalist in contact with border Officials on teh Iraqi-Jordanian border stated that radioactive materials were detected in every one-in-eight trucks leaving Iraq (Source; Associated Press, June 2005)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6672097.stm
At what point does something become so obviously contradictory between what is being stated and what is happening. Unmitigated tragedy and woeful miscalculation - even Jimmy Carter's not impressed.
And as far as the WMD threat is concerned, if we weren't threatened before we fucking are now. According to the UN monitoring agencies who were forced out due to the invasion, satellite observations have recorded almost unchecked looting of sites in Iraq that, while not possessing actual weapons, house technologies that could be used in their manufacture. (Source: Chomsky, N. 2005. 'Failed States'. (Penguin, NY) 29)
A statement from a Jordanian journalist in contact with border Officials on teh Iraqi-Jordanian border stated that radioactive materials were detected in every one-in-eight trucks leaving Iraq (Source; Associated Press, June 2005)
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That's alright then.
Let's see:
memoirs?
Lecture circuit?
Hmm, should take all of about a month to clear that...
Seriously though, just because all the news reports is the bad, doesn't mean that there isn;t any good going on. I'm not delusional by any means but the difference is that I talk to people who have been on the ground out there. Iraq is more than just Baghdad you know...
I don't think a £5 million quid mortgage is much of a problem. I cant see the Halifax turning him down
:thumb:
I bet Musharraf didnt get on Parky or Richard & Judy