BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. There is so much to be concerned about with Iraq now. The people, and their continued survival. People being fed, given water, feeling secure. The end to fighting so that re-building can occur. Unfortunately, when the re-building occurs, it will be too late to save one aspect or Iraqi culture […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. In CNN, from the report on the 25,000 rally for the US troops at “Ground Zero” in New York: “Some of you may have seen yesterday in Baghdad a picture of a statue of that evil dictator being toppled and dragged through the streets by Iraqis,” Pataki said to the cheering […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I hope that Canada.com will forgive me for stealing this oh-so-perfect title. I could not resist. I’ve been asked why I don’t admit that I was wrong about the Iraqi war. Why don’t I acknowledge the success and join in the jubilation of the people shown on TV yesterday. It must […]
Guardian Unlimited’s Brian Whitaker’s Symbolic in more ways than one: The US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, again threatened to escalate the Middle East conflict last night when he accused Iraq’s neighbour, Syria, of helping senior members of the Baghdad regime to escape. The US was getting “scraps of evidence” to this effect, Mr Rumsfeld added. Asia […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Doc wrote today: We’ve won in Iraq. The citizens of Bagdad are elated. Nothing like a toppled statue to make a conclusive point. … The sounds I heard coming from Cheney this morning were very encouraging. If we do what he says we’re doing, maybe we can restore some level of trust in an Arab world […]