America and the Middle East: Polls show increasing public support of the Iraq war in the US and.... (sigh) also increasing support for military intervention in Iran - if they are using nuclear material to develop atomic weapons. The Iranians vigorously deny this isthe case and say their use of nuclear materials is strictly for energy and that it is closely and freely monitored by international atomic inspectors. The US government says it does not believe this, without qualifying why not... sound familiar??? I believe this is the first small step in a planned media blitz to convince the oh so gullible American public that they should do the 'regime change and liberation' dance in Iran too. I guess they still have not forgotten or forgiven the US embassy debacle all those years ago when they were in the end unceremoniously kicked out of Iran...



In the mean time, still no weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq. Not that I would be exactly surprised if they found some, really... I never ever thought Saddam and his cronies were nice men who played by the rules. I simply dont believe there was a reason to go to war here and certainly not outside of the international legal framework (which is as wobbly as all hell on a good day but at least it's something...)



The squabbling over lucrative rebuilding contracts are out in the open now. France is being frozen out of the region which of course displeases them incredibly. The British wont be getting much of the pie either; the Australians just about nothing... The Americans are all set to make a killing in the Middle East.



Meanwhile, today in the news, on one of the back pages: McDonalds in Beirut bombed, the latest in a series of attacks against US targets in the area. And so, quietly and anonymously, it starts...