The Pentagon today ordered 77,000 bodybags (as oppose to 16,000 in the first Gulf War). This does rather suggest that Bush is expecting a lot of servicemen to return in pieces. I wonder how long the public will support that stance?
Meanwhile, Russia is supporting France, Germany and Belgium, who are all opposed to the US declaring war on Iraq. Vice President Blair is suffering the worst ratings of any political party in history and the U.N have openly-visible internal divides about the whole Iraq problem. North Korea is upping the nuclear ante and Iran has declared an open policy of pursuing nuclear proliferation. The worrying thing is that all this leads to a pattern that looks more like the precursor to a third world war rather than a second Gulf War. The old divides are opening up again and new allies are falling to pieces. Blair needs to demonstrate that he's a man and not a farcical pawn - he's about the only person left who can stop the US bringing about armageddon in the middle east now. My question now is : given GWB's original speech about "you're either with us or against us" - does this mean he's now going to attack France, Germany and Russia too? That's a truly scary prospect.
Meanwhile, Russia is supporting France, Germany and Belgium, who are all opposed to the US declaring war on Iraq. Vice President Blair is suffering the worst ratings of any political party in history and the U.N have openly-visible internal divides about the whole Iraq problem. North Korea is upping the nuclear ante and Iran has declared an open policy of pursuing nuclear proliferation. The worrying thing is that all this leads to a pattern that looks more like the precursor to a third world war rather than a second Gulf War. The old divides are opening up again and new allies are falling to pieces. Blair needs to demonstrate that he's a man and not a farcical pawn - he's about the only person left who can stop the US bringing about armageddon in the middle east now. My question now is : given GWB's original speech about "you're either with us or against us" - does this mean he's now going to attack France, Germany and Russia too? That's a truly scary prospect.
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