Whenever A Journalist Says To Me, "oh,

The Impact Of The Human Tragedies I've Reported On Is That, More Often Than Not, I'll Be Angry. I Want To Know Why Is This Child Dying? These Are Not Acts Of God; They're Results Of Respectable Politicians' Decisions.

Not All The Americans In Iraq Are Those Who Torture And Murder, Or Course They're Not, I Don't Know How Many Are Doing It, I Know It Is Systematic Throughout The United States Military I Think That's Been Revealed.

Many Journalists Now Are No More Than Channelers And Echoers Of What Orwell Called The Official Truth. They Simply Cipher And Transmit Lies. It Really Grieves Me That So Many Of My Fellow Journalists Can Be So Manipulated That They Become Really What The French Describe As Functionaires, Functionaries, Not Journalists.

The British Labour Party Has Always Had A Very Strong "atlanticist Component," With An Obsequiousness To American Policies, And Blair Represents This Wing. He's Clearly Obsessed With Iraq. He Has To Be Because The Overwhelming Majority Of The People Of Britain Oppose A Military Action.

This Is Total War. We Are Fighting A Variety Of Enemies. There Are Lots Of Them Out There. All This Talk About First We Are Going To Do Afghanistan, Then We Will Do Iraq... This Is Entirely The Wrong Way To Go About It. If We Just Let Our Vision Of The World Go Forth, And We Embrace It Entirely And We Dont Try To Piece Together Clever Diplomacy, But Just Wage A Total War... Our Children Will Sing Great Songs About Us Years From Now.