You have to give it to Dubya; the guy’s got some front.
It seems that the American people are going to have to be patient, while US and Iraqi forces fight “the enemies of a free Iraq.” The obvious question is: haven’t the American people been patient enough?
Almost daily, reports are emerging [...]
Americans must be patient….
The Neocon’s break ranks
Power
The polarising effects of the Bush administration have been assessed many times, both by ideologues on the left, and on the right. Pragmatic centrists such as myself, have also considered them, and found that it’s idealism that separates the two camps.
The Bush of 2000 was of course, we now know, and have always suspected, [...]
No Dick, It’s me Harry, Dick! Nooooooo
Some other commentators have argued that accidents happen, and we the commentariat, should not indulge in political point scoring following the shooting, in the face, of a 78-year-old fellow ‘hunter’ by Vice President Dick Cheney.
Well I say poppycock!
Cheney’s accidental assassination attempt is fair game in my book, after all this is an administration that [...]
Smack my Iraqi up
What is the News of the World playing at? While no one would offer anything but condemnation for the brutal beatings dealt to the defenceless Iraqi youths, one cannot fathom the mentality of the editorial of the NOTW for publishing these shots.
When the Muslim World is drunk on it’s own self-importance, a British newspaper [...]
The Henry Jackson Society: The high priests of British Neoconservatism
When I wrote in November about the new bi-partisan neoconservative movement The Henry Jackson Society (HJS), I was guarded in my convivial acceptance of this new internationalist Cambridge Based group. A few months later I believe I was right to be sceptical.
Any society oft described as secretive will always garner suspicion, but Stephen [...]
Reflections on the Mohammed Cartoons
The current cartoon-induced tempest that is fracturing – already fragile – relations between the West and the Islamic world, has given me much to ponder. My initial outrage was at some sections of the quasi-Christian right, many of whom have hijacked the Church as a surrogate for a supposed British identity, who claimed this [...]
