Melanie Phillips
Encouragingly, there are signs that Bush may have now accepted what has long been apparent – that he has been ill-served by his top brass in Iraq.
It's come to this, the embattled C-in-C, who can't even trust his own generals. If only they had shown more backbone, more will. Remarkably it's a post she managed to get through without her favourite word, and in fact the Melanie Philliips Nazi-o-meter is standing only at Four.
The big argument is whether or not to begin a new World War (her words) in the Middle East, apparently, and 'On the outcome of that argument the course of this war — and the fate of the free world — now depends.'* Last week it was President Bush, 'on this lonely and frail figure the fate of the free world now depends.'
* Actually that can't be right - the argument over whether to start a new world war (or she would say, continue to fight the current one) can't be the argument that the course of this war depends. I'm afraid though I can't work out what the argument is she is referring to.
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posted by Matthew @ 1/06/2007 04:12:00 PM
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