Go now, come away from it

Iraq is spiralling even further downwards. Our political "masters" have been saying that we in the South had achieved much. The 'Blackhawk Down' scenes show just how much. Given the disaster in the Labour party's domestic performance and the way in which that was (mis-) handled, B Liar is clearly incapable of planning or undertaking anything on a wider scale. It is not my place to criticise America's leaders. I have no real knowledge of what is going on over there other than some very dire sounding reports. Together, I no longer believe they can effect anything good in Iraq. The problem solvers have become the problem. We should recognise this and remove ourselves from the plot.

I cannot see what we are likely to achieve. Our removal would lead to the Iraqi people focussing on the real problems they face. If this means that they choose to become a real threat to anyone, introduce them to nuclear warfare. I am old enough to remember Japan's end and have seen both cities. Dreadful and horrific. If we are now seeing in Iraq the effects of other methods, I'll settle for the Sunshine Surfeit.

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Any place on this earth that will for one minute shield and support the sort of murdering beasts described here, does not deserve one iota of the sacrifices demanded of coalition troops. The video will have been widely shown and will doubtless have received in many places the sort of reaction we saw yesterday in Basra. The old maps had it right "Here be wild animals".