This article in today’s Independent provides a nice summing up of what the U.S. and Britain have achieved with their war on Iraq. Authors Raymond Whitaker and Stephen Foley have prepared a thorough and dispassionate report from an independent British point of view. It makes fascinating–and depressing–reading. At the end of the piece they offer us two lists, one of winners, the other of losers:
- Winners: Dick Cheney, Iran, Sir John Scarlett, Al-Qa’ida, the Kurds, Tim Spicer
- Losers: George Bush, the neocons, Tony Blair, the Palestinians, the US media, Afghanistan, British security
If you find that article fascinating, you might also have a look at Lord Owen analyses Tony Blair’s psyche from today’s Times of London, written by Tony Blair’s ex foreign minister, David Owen, and which portrays Blair’s character as profoundly flawed due to his own hubris. It happens that Lord Owen, besides being a lifelong Labour politician, is also a neurologist.
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