29Aug/02Off
Get Your War On
A mixed bag of links:
Hugo Young in The Guardian looks at the American attitude to the possible assault on Iraq, and notes that critics have finally broken cover in the US, and to general astonishment - they're Republicans.
The US wants to learn why it's unpopular. Apparently.
"Convince me. Publish the dossier. If I am going to have dead kids on my conscience, I have to know the alternative was worse." And in The Independent, David Aaronovich writes about being willing to support a war, if it's once demonstrated that there's a real threat to be dealt with.
And in a completely different, horrifying, vein - ITV1 is currently showing a programme called The Campest Men in Britain.
August 30th, 2002 - 11:33
“The Campest Men in Britain“? I think I might have caught that – wasn’t it about an hour long, with footage of Mike Smith going about his daily business?
Hmm. Maybe not
August 30th, 2002 - 11:35
On a slightly more serious note, This is a good article too.
August 30th, 2002 - 11:40
I have a feeling you’re spending *way* too much time watching Mike’s webcam, Chris….
August 30th, 2002 - 13:54
damn, sussed again
August 30th, 2002 - 16:20
there are way more interesting webcams out there than mine!!
March 1st, 2003 - 10:19
I would like to ask David if he really thinks the Afghanistan war was a success as he implied in the program? Does he explain the loss of civilian life as canon fodder? Does the man in Afghanistan who lost 4 of his children to the bombing consider it a success? If you have children, David would you be prepared to bomb your own children in the name of regime change? We all know that Saddam is a tyrant, but killing his people and destroying their fragile infrastructure cannot be the answer. Perhaps calling him as a war criminal is a possibility?