Tehran and Washington in Baghdad
A fascinating piece above at Op Ed News. Essentially it's about Iraq and the mixed signals coming from both the US and Iran. On the one hand there seems some commonality of purpose, on the other hand both are posturing in the nuclear stand-off. Highly confusing.
In another piece, also at Op Ed,it is proposed that a "culture of fear" is now descending on the White House itself. About time!
Largely unheard of here in Britain, Ann Richards was a leading Democrat voice in Texas. There's an obituary at Washington Post, but best of all are the clips of her speeches featured in a tribute on the Amy Goodman (see link left) programme at Democracy Now. Somehow she made utterly hilarious talks that were otherwise of a serious nature. Obviously a remarkable woman.
Britain's beleagured Labour Party remains unable to kick Blair out with any haste, so it's buried ther hatchet temporarily and focus its attention on resident rebel, Clare Short. They want her gone for continually opposing government policy, despite her highly effective work as a former cabinet minister responsible for overseas development. If anyone was worthy of standing for the party leadership with a clean conscience it would have been her. Her planned expulsion will put paid to that - maybe she could "cross the house" to the Lib Dems whilst still a serving MP and put a real spoke in the works.
Later.
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