Undiplomatic Gossip

Richard Haass ,told the tale in the New Yorker, of meeting Condoleezza Rice July 2002 – 8 months prior to the Iraq war / invasion starting. Haass, who was then director of policy planning in the State Department, said Rice told him not to bother discussing the wisdom of confronting Iraq because, as she said, "that decision's been made. Don't waste your breath.''

Those with a good memory will remember Condoleezza Rice announced publicly in September 2002 that aluminum tubes (CNN) that Iraq was trying to acquire ``are only really suited for nuclear weapons programs,'' when she knew there were deep divisions in the intelligence community over whether that was true. ( We now know Energy Department experts, who said the tubes were for small conventional military rockets, were right.) … we won’t even mention the Winnebagos of Death.

Interestingly the CNN story mentioned above, (Headlined “Top Bush officials push case against Saddam") has a pic of Dubya’s glamourous washroom maid with the caption …” National security adviser Condoleezza Rice said President Bush hasn't made a decision yet about whether to attack Iraq.”

Just as the decision had been made to invade, the decision to begin the withdrawal has been made – they just have to sell it. President Bush starts the elevator pitch , speaking to Naval Students tomorrow.

Leaving the Dear Leader here the time and energy to sort out the accumulation of shit about Pensions, energy, education, transport, drugs, murdering policemen, qat, MRSA, MDRTB, that his fuckwit Cabinet colleagues have caused.

Already some have felt the firm hand of Cabinet Government and the caravan loving, "outdoor hiking girl, wholly to my liking girl", Mrs Beckett has decided instransigent opposition to nuclear power is not a career enhancing move, and undertaken a complete and very public U turn. The dumb , loyal but witless Energy Minister. Wicks, (Tony's 6th) has been given his instructions and will do as he is told. Watching him on Channel 4 News tonight with Jon Snow, shows how ill informed educated he is and doesn't even begin to grasp the arguments...as for Monbiot the BBC's tame tree hugger, and the Guradian's Rentagob... nuff said, he has just discovered that re-newables ( stupid New Labour phrase which never meant anything , you cannot renew energy) will not take the strain. Many years behind everyone else. He recently discovered partly thermo baric munitions which exposes his ignorance on another front.

Expect more .....
Bush instructs US Iraqi Ambassador Kalilzhad to talk to Iranians

PPS Wed 30th Nov BBC News 9.00 am report that President Bush will be announcing "they're comin' home" today - so it must be true.

No doubt the US / World public will have endless pics of (live) US soldiers returning for Christmas now the Iraqis can organise their own civil strife, torture, murder, and corruption.