"A sense of adventure carried him to Iraq. Unlike his father, who was a member of an anti-war group, Berg believed in America's project in Iraq and wanted to be a part of it, as well as make money."

"what a tragedy"


*** If I were Tony Blair, I would be rather alarmed this morning to see how frequently my name appears next to words such as "lonely", "damaged" and "go".

bye bye tony tosspott?


Gordon Brown has seen the influential [tacit acceptance of this fact at root of liberal lie] media tycoon Rupert Murdoch twice this week amid fears among allies of Tony Blair that the chancellor is growing more restless in his ambition to succeed the beleaguered prime minister.

Mr Brown had what are described as a routine private meeting with Mr Murdoch at No 11 on Monday and gave an avowedly Eurosceptic speech to a City dinner on Tuesday at which the tycoon was a guest of honour, sources close to No 10 said yesterday.

[...]

But Westminster gossip that the chancellor is courting Mr Murdoch with what one Blair ally called the "American business model" speech, in contrast to the EU's failure to modernise, has created alarm.

"send in vanilla ice!"


In an echo of the letter last month by 52 former diplomats protesting at support for US policy in the Middle East, some senior diplomats have privately urged the Foreign Office to distance the British Government from the Bush administration over the abuse of prisoners by US soldiers in Iraq.

A senior Foreign Office official said: "There are telegrams coming in. The diplomats are panicking a bit. Downing Street is determined to hold the line. We can't afford to panic now. To capitulate now would be disaster."

they call it the spring '45 bunker blues

We former US diplomats applaud our 52 British colleagues who recently sent a letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair criticising his Middle East policy and calling on Britain to exert more influence over the United States.

corresponding us letter by ex-diplomats to bush