tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post116233096159883964..comments2023-10-29T12:19:48.413+00:00Comments on Fitzrovian Tuesdays: The Least Accountable Regime in the Middle EastJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444432374288096799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-1162633504663159692006-11-04T09:45:00.000+00:002006-11-04T09:45:00.000+00:00And the Pentagon's response to all this? Close dow...And the Pentagon's response to all this? <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6114132.stm" REL="nofollow">Close down the auditors!!</A>. <BR/><BR/>In our lifetimes, has a western democracy produced a worst government?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06279869776330572117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-1162420188436488712006-11-01T22:29:00.000+00:002006-11-01T22:29:00.000+00:00It's little comfort, but I do think that history w...It's little comfort, but I do think that history will make the most brutal and harshest of judgements on them, and this does tend to torment world leaders. Not sure about Bush who lives in his own delusional bubble anyway, but I suspect that the Iraq catastrophe already haunts Blair. After all, can anyone remember one single thing about Anthony Eden other than Suez?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06279869776330572117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-1162419709778725182006-11-01T22:21:00.000+00:002006-11-01T22:21:00.000+00:00Yes, when I mentioned the people responsible, I me...Yes, when I mentioned the people responsible, I meant Bush, Blair and the rest of them. I thought I was becoming resigned to the whole farrago, but the research on the number of people killed, and now this, have made me completely(impotently) furious about the whole thing again. It's all just so utterly wrong.Colhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05854291971469844918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600193.post-1162416151419543242006-11-01T21:22:00.000+00:002006-11-01T21:22:00.000+00:00Yes, I read this article at the weekend. As de-sen...Yes, I read this article at the weekend. As de-sensitized as I am to the Iraq disaster, I was taken aback by the sheer scale of incompetence and theft associated with the Iraq occupation. It is genuinely breathtaking. People who should be in jail or (at the very least) disgraced and sacked, are in fact millionaires, and still in US and Iraq public life. <BR/><BR/>To take just one example. Paul Wolfowitz, one of the principal architects of this entire catastrophe, predicted that the war would pay for itself in the first year. His punishment? Presidency of the World Bank.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06279869776330572117noreply@blogger.com