48 hours to war? If the war goes ahead, perhaps for the first time more people in the west will realise that so much of our wealth comes at the price of others suffering. This war is about a reliable source of oil for the next few generations, not about a despot in Baghdad. The powers that be have no qualms about thousands of deaths to ensure this supply of oil. The Iraqi people will benefit from the oil riches, there’s no doubt about that. But it comes at a high cost to them. And is destruction and death a fair price for a stronger economy? Wouldn’t they like to have the choice?
All that and to top it all, my fly has been down all morning.