You’d think that somebody would know how much all the various Bush wars are costing the citizens of America. But here’s yesterday’s testimony to Congress by the Congressional Budget Office: Testimony on Issues in Estimating the Cost of Operations in Iraq and the War on Terrorism It turns out that no one really has an […]

Let’s not dwell too much on the folly of the rubbish the Bush administration puts out about how the Iraqi situation is improving. They are lying. It may well be that the insurgency is its last days [I don’t think so!], but it has merely been replaced by civil war. The New York Times reports […]

The crisis continues into a sixth day. Here is the BBC take on today’s top story: BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | ‘Ten die’ as Israel hits vehicles There is no end to this conflict. Israel can mount all the offensives it wants. It can obliterate all the towns and cities it wants. […]