Monday, January 14, 2008

President Bush's only achievement in the Middle East is to increase the power of Iran


The most soaring rhetoric about democracy is swiftly choked to death by petrol fumes

By Johann Hari
The Independent

"Just as we were all sighing with relief at the end of the Bush years, the lame duck President has waddled into the Middle East to remind us his beak is still nuclear-tipped. With one year to go, he is standing on the sands of Arabia to announce Iran is "the world leading state sponsor of terror" and must be confronted "before it's too late". He then quacks a few words about peace between Israel and the Palestinians and the "success" of the surge in Iraq......."

No comments: