We're all in danger from supermorons by Andrew Alexander COLUMN
[Daily Mail-Friday, November 2, 2007] THE United States is a SUPERPOWER led by a SUPERMORON. It is the most dangerous combination imaginable. Wicked leaders are easier to deal with than the impregnably STUPIT. In case you have still to make up your mind about Bush's IQ, let me remind you of a passage in John Simpson's superb book 'Not Quite World's End' from which the Mail published extracts recently.
Simpson interviewed an exiled Iraqi politician
called in to brief Bush shortly before the invasion in 2003. The Iraqi
admitted reluctantly that Bush seemed not to understand the terms Sunni
and Shia. He did not know about the religious divide. And that was just
three months before the INVASION!
The history of the
Iraq war certainly contains shameful evidence that
intelligence to the White House was being
assiduously filtered by the Cabinet hawks to keep
the President in a belligerent mood. All the same,
it would require eyes wide shut to avoid learning of
the sectarian divide in Iraq.
Now this preposterous
figure is contemplating dropping a special
super-bomb (not nuclear) on Iran to destroy its
underground uranium facilities. The head of the
International Atomic Energy Agency says Iraq is
years away from making a single bomb, if indeed it
can manage it. But Bush is only a year away from the
next Presidential election.
He would love to
redeem his hideous failure in Iraq with a
devastating blow to destroy Iran's nuclear programme
- a programme which in recent months he has branded
as the start of World War III and the beginning of a
nuclear holocaust.
His lurches from
calling for more diplomacy to noisy threats depend
on whether he is trying to soothe other world
leaders. In Washington, some serious sources say
THE DECISION HAS
ALREADY BEEN TAKEN
THE REST IS
PROPAGANDA
Has he , or has Gordon Brown, the remotest idea of what such an attack would lead to?
The policy makers around Bush are still dominated by neocons who got everything wrong about Iraq and are equally capable of getting everything wrong about Iran. The first but mildest reaction if Iran was bombed would be a repeat of the OPEC reaction to American aid to Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. OPEC set an oil price which pushed the U.S. (and others) into economic recession, with America reduced to petrol rationing. Holland interestingly, was singled out for an oil embargo, having allowed U.S. supply planes to use its airfields. Further possible steps become fiercer. Obviously Tehran could supply sufficient aid to Iraqi insurgents to see the Americans chased out of Baghdad at humiliating speed. Then there 's the Gulf itself, with nearly 20 per cent of the world's oil supply passing through the Straits of Hormoz, overlooked by Iran. Washington has long believed it can maintain security of the passage through a powerful Gulf carrier force. But the effectiveness of awesome firepower (see Iraq, see Vietnam). Iran, with a population larger than the UK, is itself a serious military power with weapons ranging from submarines to missiles - and the supreme advantage over the U.S. in this theatre of operating from land. As Tehran recently pointed out, it has a deadly weapon in small fast boats capable of suicide attacks on warships. The spectacle of serious American losses in a Gulf war would send a shockwave through world stock markets. the idea of Iran controlling the Straits would add another twist to the upward spiral in oil prices.
OF COURSE, none of the oil states would take kindly to Iran controlling the Straits. Saudi Arabia is the one that matters. Riyadh has a on-off relationship with Tehran which could just as easily make it an ally or enemy of a bombed Iran. In the latter case, the Saudi regime might need to worry about Jihadist revolutionaries. New heights of Middle East instability become imaginable. And where would Russia and China stand? Delighted to see Bush humiliated - and Russia would also be delighted by a higher oil price. Both would lead Security Council condemnations of Washington. Of various post-bombing scenario, most have two things in common. ONE is soaring oil prices. Together with alarm at the U.S. plunging the Middle East into yet more turmoil, this would bring serious economic damage to the West. THE OTHER is that outrage in the MUSLIM WORLD would bring over more recruits to TERRORISM - some of then no doubt born or resident in BRITAIN. We could expect a quantum leap in security threats in this country as long as we remain closely associated with American policy. There would be an extra element of danger from the fact that Britain is America's stopover gas station for its warplanes, very important for a giant bomber. These UK bases made sense during the Cold War; THEY DO NOT NOW THEY BRING DANGER, NOT SECURITY.
But they also provide a massive lever; a threat to close
down those U.S.Air Force bases if Washington insisted putting us
all in PERIL. IT WOULD DO THE TRICK AT ONCE Has Brown the guts to wield that stick? * [Font Altered-Bolding & Underlining Used-Comments in Brackets]
* * * John Simpson's suburb book Not Quite World's End now available.
* THE PEOPLE HAVE
SPOKEN-IS THE EU COMMISSION LISTENING? *
Ditch the EU TREATY after IRISH
REJECTION SAY VOTERS by Daniel
Martin Political
Reporter
[Daily Mail-Wednesday, June
18,2008]
MORE THAN HALF of voters believe Britain should
drop the controversial European Treaty in the wake of its
rejection in last week's
IRISH REFERENDUM'
The poll comes as the Tories launch a last-ditch
bid in the
HOUSE of LORDS
today to delay the
RATIFICATION OF
THE TREATY.
And
10,000 people
have signed a
PETITION
on the
DOWNING STREET-
WEBSITE
within the past few days
JUNE16-2008
, calling on the
GOVERNMENT
NOT TO RATIFY THE BILL
[WHY DON'T YOU?]
Downing Street
website is
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Abandon-Lisbon/
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JUNE 18-2008 *
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13th October,2007 So You Want Out
Of The EU THEN WHY NOT SIGN THE RENUNCIATION of EU CITIZENSHIP
WHY WE ASK YOUR SUPPORT When we first saw the petition we reasoned
that it had no chance of success from No 10 but we supported it
in order to gauge the number of Britons who would publicly put
their name to a list which stated that they wished to
RENUNCIATE EU CITIZENSHIP and retain only BRITISH.-THAT
IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. Some might say that to hide behind a
negative premise is both cowardly and playing into the hands of
the EU FEDERALISTS. DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT-
Place your vote so ALL can see that YOU CARE. about
YOUR COUNTRY and YOUR FREEDOM.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Optout Details from petition creator With the signing of the Maastricht Treaty the people of Britain were given DUAL CITIZENSHIP -both EUROPEAN and BRITISH The extra tier of citizenship was thrust upon the people without their consent -and in many cases knowledge. The PEOPLE of GREAT BRITAIN should be allowed the option of opting out of the EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP if they so wish. The GOVERNMENT will then be able to provide those who have opted out with BRITISH DOCUMENTATION -only such as British (not EU) passports, driving licences and other national documents. EU laws will also NOT APPLY to those who HAVE OPTED OUT OF EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP
[PETITION OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 08]
* "ASK US FIRST" PHILIP LOCKWOOD Cambridgeshire.
* METRIC MARTYRS WIN VICTORY OVER EU
SOFT TALK FROM EU ON EVE OF OUR BATTLE AGAINST NEW TREATY-THEY NOW BACK DOWN TO ALLOW IMPERIAL MEASURES TO REMAIN FOR EVER [Daily Mail - Tuesday, September 11,2007]
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Daniel Hannan - Forming an OPPOSITION to the EU
* GORDON BROWN WANTS TRUST-BUT WHY WON'T HE TRUST YOU? * 67% want powers back from EU-ICM poll-June 21-2007-95% of British people want a REFERENDUM * FOR A REFERENDUM SIGN TODAY ON LINE * July 18-2007 ALSO JOIN THE 10 DOWNING STREET PROTEST Readers can add their support to the growing clamour for a REFERENDUM on the '"REFORM TREATY" by signing up to a 10 Downing Street 0n-line petition http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/EU-treaty-NON/
The Petition reads as follows: "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to guarantee that the British people will be permitted a binding REFERENDUM on any and all attempts to resurrect the EU " CONSTITUTION" (and any or all of its content) regardless of nomenclature." Deadline for the PETITION is 31st January,2008 Eurofacts 27th July 2007. * 'The Spirit of England' by In London on St.George's Day -1953 *
VOTE -2007
WITH THE ONLY PARTY WITH A MANDATE TO SET YOU FREE
THE UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY THE QUESTION THAT THE VOTER MUST ANSWER
‘DO YOU WISH TO BE GOVERNED BY YOUR OWN PEOPLE, LAW AND CUSTOM OR BY THE CORRUPT ,EXPENSIVE UNACCOUNTABLE AND CORRUPT ALIEN BUSYBODY BRUSSELS’
-SIMPLE IS IT NOT?
TO RECLAIM YOUR DEMOCRACY DON'T VOTE FOR THE TRIPARTITE PARTIES IN WESTMINSTER BUT SMALL PARTIES THAT SPEAK THEIR MINDS WITHOUT SPIN AND LIES. *
ONLY WILL BRING DEMOCRACY BACK TO THE ENGLISH PEOPLE *
SCOTLAND -ITS PARLIAMENT -WALES-ITS ASSEMBLY-ENGLAND-STILL AWAITS ITS PARLIAMENT-WHY?
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