Bush Iraq has given you the purple finger
Posted: Saturday, February 12, 2005

Washington campaigns to frustrate sale of Russian weapons to Venezuela

Venezuela Rebuffs U.S. on Arms Deals
The Venezuelan government on Friday dismissed U.S. criticism of its plans to buy Russian rifles and helicopters, suggesting that the Bush administration was angry because the country was not buying U.S. weapons

Sectarian massacres shake Iraq

Iraq trapped between ruthless insurgents and unloved occupiers
It was five days after Saddam Hussein's statue was toppled in Paradise Square in Baghdad. I stood in an aircraft hangar hundreds of miles away at US central command in Qatar and listened to a suited American envoy speak of the postwar plans for Iraq. There was a raw naivety even then. It was rushed and excited. A bold new political architecture that would shape the lives of millions was being sketched out as we watched.

Sorry George, but Iraq has given you the purple finger
Because if it weren't for the invasion, Iraqis would not even have the freedom to vote for their liberation, and then to have that vote completely ignored. And that's the real prize: the freedom to be occupied.



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