Iraq

Saddam gave Uday authority to control all press and media outlets in Iraq. Uday was the publisher of the Babylon Daily Political Newspaper.

On the front page of the paper’s four-page edition for Nov. 14, 2002, there was a picture of Osama bin Laden speaking, next to which was a picture of Saddam and his ”Revolutionary Council,” together with stories about Israeli tanks attacking a group of Palestinians.

On the back page was a story headlined ”List of Honor.” In a box below the headline was ”A list of men we publish for the public.” The lead sentence refers to a list of ”regime persons” with their names and positions.

Intellectual and political impotence and ignorance disguised as moral protest. How constructive. Do they realise that there are more efficient ways of prostituting your own self-respect in order to try getting your 15 minutes of fame? Such as Reality Television? Anyway, onto more important matters…

I’ve suspected from day 1 that America would go in and clean up Bush Snr’s mess, with or without the UN. The question remains why America even needs other countries to help it at all. Surely people see that it’s just a ruse to make it look like a “good vs evil crusade” rather than an aggressive American military operation. Why is Australia really supplying troops to the Middle East? Three words: Free. Trade. Agreement. In reality, America would never give a shit about France, Germany and Russia’s stance, they’ve just been castigated to look like weak, spineless pariahs and further influence American public opinion by making the “Coalition of the Willing” appear more noble and pragmatic by comparison. I swear if I see another news report showing some moronic, loudmouth Yanks pouring French wine into the gutter I’m going to stave in the tv screen with a cricket bat. Yes, the Allies liberated France in WW2. So fucking what? The US didn’t even join the Allies until 18 months after the French surrendered. If you’re going to use history to justify your self-righteousness and bigotry, what about the vital French aid against the English during the American War of Independence?