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Monday, November 28, 2005

Best British Blog

Today, in my book it's Harry's Place. I pop in a lot, while I'm opening mail and checking emails, and there's always a rip roaring discussion going on over something interesting.

All sorts of snarky people put in their two pence worth. I don't know the etiquette but check this out from the Ramsey Clark post's comment section, here's the link to get the full experience.

"I wonder why none of the bloggers on this site are not in the least bit interested in three recent major revelations of the Iraq debacle, namely the use of white phosphorous against civilians, the allegations that Bush wanted to bomb Al Jazeera, and the statement by Ayad Allawi that conditions in Iraq are as bad as they were under Saddam? Are these facts too inconvenient to your pro-war lefty position. Somewhat selective about what you talk about aren't you?

"Perhaps because:
a) White Phos is not a banned weapon and it wasn't used on civilians.
b) They are merely "allegations", printed by the same newspaper that gave us the photographic "proof" of British troops urinating on Iraqi detainees.
c) Allawi was not referring to coalition forces when he made his statement (of opinion, not fact, by the way).
How's that?"

Then more killer comments and:

"I want to bomb the BBC but I haven't, have I"

And:

"My "empirical judgement" is evidently different from yours. I regard free elections, a 25% female parliament and the absence of human fodder for industrial paper shredders as evidence of progress."

It's a rush to read the debate going on, and laugh out loud funny at times. Here's the link again, they're going at it as I type, click here.