Another Bad News Day

This is the world that George Bush created. I open my newspaper today and read about another explosion in the centre of Baghdad, this time killing at least 7 people.

I read that up to 1500 Palestinians have been made homeless by the latest Israeli raid on the West Bank. The Israelis are now planning pre-emptive strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Moscow has reiterated its intent to use pre-emptive military strikes, including "wars increasingly motivated as much by economics or the interests of what it termed big transnational companies as by national security."

Can you imagine such a statement from the Kremlin barely causing a ripple when Clinton was president? But how can Bush criticise the Russians, or the Israelis for that matter, without drawing attention to the fact that the invasion of Iraq was for purely commercial purposes? We are headed towards an Orwellian state of endless war, motivated by economics and fuelled, as Orwell predicted, by keeping the public in a state of perpetual fear.

Still perhaps there is hope for us all. A seemingly dead man was brought back to life after being doused with cold water as part of his funeral ceremonies. Anti-war activists should take heart: Bush and Blair continue to be punished at the polls. Latest results show the woeful UK Conservatives overtaking Blair, while half the USA want Bush removed.