Wednesday, February 22, 2006

We couldn't have said it better ourselves



From the Guardian in the UK regarding the civil strife in Iraq following a bombing of a golden-domed Shiite mosque:

"Appeals for unity and calm were made by the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's senior Shia cleric, and the president, Jalal Talabani, who warned that Iraq was in "grave danger" and urged Iraqis to work together to prevent a civil war.

The calls for restraint were echoed in Washington and London. President George Bush, pledged financial help in reconstructing the mosque. 'Violence will only contribute to what the terrorists sought to achieve by this act,' he said."

I'm pretty sure George said this without a trace of irony or self-awareness, which is pretty hard to believe. Nearly five years after the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, look at what a fucking mess we've made of the world. Sad, but true.