Must be the only person in the world not yet said anything about The New Empire, I suspect nothing has been learned from Vietnam nor Chechnya. The usual mixture of incompetence and huge expenditure is probably what we will get:
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Wake-up call
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Escape from Tora Bora
I doubt the US is up to the imaginative strategies probably needed.Once upon a time the proposal to eliminate someone was considered 'immoral'. Now that stigma has been removed I would have thought that, with all those resources, the US could find a way to eliminate Saddam without a war. Presumably all the stories about the SAS and Seals are myths. It is all really The Great Game continued with Tommy Franks as Younghusband. I feel sorry for the soldiers and their families. I tend to agree with
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Mo Mowlam: The real goal is the seizure of Saudi oil. It is all about oil and the US must want mayhem. And what better revenge than to have huge civilian populations in turmoil, whatever the outcome. So much for all the stuff about the government(s) is/are our enemy not peoples. The follow up comments are interestingGuardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Grassroots views on war.
If all that is too much this is what we? are thinking about here!
The Nation's Web Special: Thai women demand to be as polygamous as men
Polygamous comments!
and All about Radio when we are not thinking about money that is. The relief money for the floods in the north will provide another bank account bonanza for local politicians!