Category Archives: War

The Whiskey Bar has already done a marvellous collection of Administration quotes that show how much they were lying about WMDs. Now here is an account of what’s really happening which is nearly as funny as the films it’s based … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There is a problem about lying over WMDs that is unique to Britain, and to Mr Blair. If the war was fought to advance democracy, and to overthrow a tyrant — and these would appear to have been Blair’s better … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I prefer Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz to — say — Tony Blair and Jack Straw. They more honest and probably more intelleigent. They are also in a position to be more grown up, since the Blair and Straw cannot tell us … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Maybe you don’t read the Sun. Maybe you don’t know what exactly it is that some British troops did, and photographed themselves doing, to Iraqi prisones of war. So here’s the money quote: ONE [photo] was apparently taken in a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

“We try to be as culturally sensitive as possible, but we want to make sure everybody goes home alive,” said Capt. Paul Kuettner, an intelligence officer. “We’re not going to risk the lives of one of our soldiers to be … Continue reading → Continue reading →

You know how the Battle of Jutland would have been reported in the NRYRB — “The German North Sea Fleet: an exchange.” In a similar spirit, here’s an exchange about the news that Downing Street, not MI5, made up the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, a different war this time. The Guardian’s coverage of the Stakeknife affair has given me the best belly laugh in weeks. However, if one of Gerry Adams’ trusted friends is indeed proved to be not only a tout but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, at least they beat him up for his opinions, not his name. You have to register to read the original story, so I put the guts of it in the “more” section. Continue reading →

I don’t normally read much in the Sunday Times but this is a first-class, heart-breaking piece of war reporting. It is the story of how some American marines learned to kill Iraqi women and children. What makes it so fine … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I defy any of you to identify, without using a search engine, the person who said this: “As for me, my mind has long been made up. Getting rid of one side or expelling the other, both are equally impossible … Continue reading → Continue reading →