US to target anti-Iraq activity

[The Lucky C]

First step in a build-up to war with Iran?

from the beeb:

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has warned that the US will take action against countries destabilising Iraq.
Her statement comes hours after US forces stormed an Iranian consulate in the northern Iraqi town of Irbil - prompting condemnation from Tehran.

In a major policy speech, President George W Bush said the US would take a tough stance towards Iran and Syria, whom he accused of destabilising Iraq.

Mr Bush also vowed to increase troop numbers in Iraq by more than 20,000.

Democratic Senator Joseph Biden, the chairman of the influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he thought Mr Bush's strategy was a "tragic mistake".

[Neko Bazu]

I saw that article earlier - doesn't look particularly pretty, does it?

Let's hope Blair's out before that war starts; at least then we've got half a chance of keeping out of it

[festerroyalblue]

lol we're already hated by most middle eastern countries so i say we just go in full ..cant do any more damage to our image....might put us in more debt than we alreay are tho

bush cant see hwere he whent wrong in the first place so hes trying to solve his cock up with the only way he knows how, more threats,more bullying and more violence..it'll come back and bite their arse soon enough...whether we get caught in the middle is another matter

[The Lucky C]

you just wait, he'll invade at the end of October 2008. He'll be out being of November, then it'll be the democrats problem

[PureOldGold]

USA Foreign policy will lead to someone using nuclear power and we will all be fucked.

[The Lucky C]

Tony Twat Blair today:

Speaking aboard HMS Albion in Plymouth, the prime minister said Britain and the world faced a "new and different" security challenge following 11 September 2001.

And Britain had to choose whether it wanted to be in the front line of the global fight against terrorism, or retreat to a peacekeeping role.

To be honest, I know which one I prefer

He said he wanted to keep a strong American alliance and "for us as a nation to be as willing to fight terrorism and pay the cost of that fight wherever it may be".

Great. Willing to pay the cost. At best, he doesn't pay the taxes to fund this illegal war. At worst, his son isn't going off to die in some god-forsaken hellhole.

"Terrorism cannot be defeated by military means alone, but it can't be defeated without it,"

Point well missed. For every one we kill, at least two more replace them.

And Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell said military action in Iraq, undertaken without UN authority, had "severely damaged Britain's reputation".

"Britain has to learn that we will only be at our most effective in tackling terrorism when we operate within the rules and with allies of the same mind," he said.

Left-wing MP John McDonnell, who intends to stand for the Labour leadership once Mr Blair resigns, said Mr Blair had made "catastrophic foreign policy mistakes".

Amen. For the record, we have spent $64 billion on our defence budget this year.