More than half a century of experience shows that the U.N. is a theater of hypocrisy, a sink of corruption, a street market of sordid bargains and a seminary of cynicism. It is a place where mass-murdering heads of state can stand tall and sell their votes to the highest bidder and where crimes against humanity are rewarded.
- Paul Johnson in Five Vital Lessons From Iraq

Last Supper with Saddam

The removal of Saddam Husseins, and his regime, is a human necessity. Its existence does more than merely degrade the humanity of the Iraqi people. It represents the degradation of humankind in its very humanity.
However, having said that no one can even imagine how much poison will our breakfast contain tomorrow. On Television, the good guys almost always catch the criminal by the last commercial. But in real life, criminals disappear and reappear with puzzling unpredictability.
The evil arms dealing world of imports and exports has created Saddam and from now on we will have to have him for breakfast in one form or another. Dead or even deader within future generations of Iraq.
· When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History [CommonDreams]

As a child I asked my father how I would ever be able to discern the truth from the media. He answered that Truth is a collage of facts. Each fact as true or as untrue as the other - depending on what you want to believe. But if you REALLY want to know the truth then place all the different pieces before you and the truth will present itself. If you don't like what you see then you can be sure its the truth.
- Webdiary, SMH