Iran started the war by supplying the insurgents.

No. George Bush started the war by invading and occupying Iraq.

Comment by m #11

That’s no “meme”…

…therefore, evil’s course continues…

Comment by moral interpitude — February 2, 2007 @ 12:13 am

Good! Then we won’t be hearing from you any more.

Also in the running for the unofficial Scottish National Anthem is “Scots wae hae.”

To our esteemed brothers and sisters in War on Want

Please accept our sincere apologies for not being able to attend your conference. This is due to the difficult and dangerous times that are the reality of Iraq at present. This awful situation is directly the result of occupation and the terrorists who target the people of Iraq. We believe that America is complicit in all the acts of death and destruction that occur daily in our wounded Iraq. It is clear to us that the aim of American planning and invasion is to destroy the infrastructure of the country and to create civil strife and conflict between the components of Iraqi society. The sectarianism that is tearing Iraq apart was unknown before the occupation. Even the long war with Iran and the brutal sanctions regime did not fracture the unity of the Iraqi people.

The Iraqi people will remain united in the face of these crimes that are orchestrated by the occupying American forces. I implore the peace loving people of the west who believe in genuine democracy to stand with the Iraqi people in their hour of need. The Iraqi people will rise to expel the occupying forces and start the mammoth task of reconstruction with Iraqi hands, and help from the peace loving people of the world.

And I particularly say to America “hands off Iraqi oil”. This wealth belongs to the people of Iraq and the decent people of the world.

I wish you every success with your conference and please do not forget Iraq and its people. Your support of our civil institutions is much appreciated.

To our friends in “War on Want”, thank you for your financial support. It was thanks to your gracious support that our second privatisation conference in Basra was a success.

Finally, I say to you that the Iraqi people believe in peace and genuine democracy and not Bush’s fake democracy built on death and destruction.

Hassan Juma’a Awad Al-Asadi.
Head of Federation of Iraqi Oil Unions
18/01/07

ask yourself one question do you think Finalnd or sweden fears an iranian bomb ………NO …why do you answer change your bloody foreign policy before we end up in bloody perpetual war

Actually, the unofficial Scottish National Anthem is Roy Williamson’s Flower of Scotland – which, while also containing military themes (harkening back to Banncokburn – though “those days are past now, and in the past they must remain”), is a far better song than Scotland the Brave.

/piper & fiddler
//hates Scotland the Brave
///probably because of the thousands of times I’ve played it

The BBC’s been discussing the Bush Admin’s efforts to get people into the mood for a fight with Iran. In the US and Iran, we’ve got two nationalist presidents who get high on talking tough. They both try to appeal to their base in international matters because their domestic policies aren’t doing well. In the mentality they seem to share, an international crisis can only be solved with absolute victory for one and utter defeat and humiliation for the other. Their rhetoric can only be ratcheted upward while they play “chicken”.

exley- thanks for the national anthems. Seriously. They were interesting.

I don’t know the Vatican’s national anthem, because I was only able to find the lyrics in Latin. The first line’s something like “Agricola canem habebat et Bingo nomen est”

Hey Kevin, I heard something similar in 2002-3. Some Pro-Israeli lobbyists and media telling us that its a matter of time, before Saddam takes out Israel and we have a big cloud of mushroom down here in the US.
But what happened? Instead, we have Exxon-Mobil, Haliborton, and Chevron coming up with staggering profits. We’d several Israeli contractors getting big lumps of cash from signed war contracts. And many weapon, pharma, security, and oil guys getting their large cuts of the billions that Bush spends on the war weekly; while we the ordinary people only get weekly bodybags of our friends and loved from Iraq getting fedexed down the morgue here. Then after excess bodies are shipped home, what happens, (Faux, CNN, Times and the other mouthpieces start shouting: Full throtle to Iran…) More soldiers needed to die for Israel. Pathetic!
If you passionately want our boys down to help you kill the new monster you want wiped off the map, well, you’d better call the crews of Faux, CNN & Times to come up with new tales & breaking news, because we are sick of all this sh***ty terrorism and wipe-off crap.

And, isn’t it funny, the big money feels really good. Just keep the war going. Send more hungry kids who can’t pay for their college down the grinder. The number of dead US military men doesn’t mean a sh*t to the Israelis or to their selected moron in the Whithouse. So far their enemie are wiped off, and there is enough cash and oil to be gained from the war.

Well, I think, its time the IDF start some real fighting. Maybe its time gen. daniel tells the entire staff to get their lazy asses off the streets of Gaza where all they do is smoke, booze and shoot old senile grandpas, and kids throwing stones at their tanks. Get real Kevin, its time you people stop pushing the world upside down like you haven’t gotten enough of the damages only the nazis owed. Our boys are tired of killing and bleeding for a nation that was found on injustice, lies and deception. You can’t fool us forever.

Hope to see you again this year.
We`ll bring the beer brats!
All are welcome!
Tell a friend!

!!

Comment by Briseadh na Faire

I agree.

Live and let live while administering Justice, that the goal of the United States. Today we are governed by spoiled men, far removed from war, who have lost their virtue and have become callous, careless, empty vessels concerned but with material things.

GOP fears war could harm GOP for years.

Just like I said earlier =)

Nuff` said.

Well then, take your own imperative advice and stick a sock in it.

Where Jay Randal has taken it:

Also michael > remember when 9-11-01 happened > Bush said America was attacked.

Comment by Jay Randal — February 2, 2007 @ 12:11 am

Off topic as usual they are.

Some things never change.

No more needs said really.

Nuff` said.