The War Against Oceania Continues

This is likely to be a patchy entry, but anyway…

Here we go!

First 9/11 mention. We took out Afganistan! Yay! 2/3 of known leaders captured (don't mention Osama).

And on to Iraq. Ah, it was a humane war. Good to know. And it's only since 9/11 that terrorists have been stopped? Er, okay, we won't mention the Irish and Basque groups, shall we.

Decent and Democratic society! Except women can't go out alone at night. But hey.

Okay, he's not actually said anything yet. And dances around the point that a Free and Democratic Iraq could conceivably elect a party that promises to institute Sharia law...

More foreign terrorists in Iraq. Is there any confirmation of this yet? They keep harping on about it, but I've never actually seen any evidence…

It's just Baghdad and Tikrit that are causing problems.

"A different kind of war"

"We will spend what is necessary" —

Okay, first WWII mention. Thankfully he avoids the Werwolf issue.

The Coalition is still on the offensive, apparently. But major combat operations are over. It's not a war. It's not.

We need help! 130,000 US troops in Iraq at the moment, 20,000 troops from other countries. Colin! Colin! Colin! He'll save us all, but we're still calling the shots, okay! But we were right, so suck it up and send us troops that we can order about.

Of course, the Governing Council is regarded as a joke by many Iraqis, but at least you're doing something.

Here comes the begging bowl 8-).

$87bn. Ow. And that's just for the next year. Colin gets to go to the other countries asking for money. He gets all the nice jobs.

More careful mingling of Iraq and 9/11.

Okay, that final pull away shot - very, very scary.

Incidentally, this is complete hearsay, but it sounds as if Donald Rumsfeld had a lucky escape yesterday…

currently playing: Dexy's Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Says (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)