Michael Moore is whining that Disney prevents its subsiduary Miramax from distributing his latest documantary fiction "Fahrenheit 911," which criticises Bush's handling of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Knowing Moore's record of distortions and fabrications, it's not exactly likely to provide any honest insight on the topic.
Three bomb blasts makes serious damage to a central Athens train station, but as the police were warned about the explisions only one policeman was lightly injured.
This is not going to calm people down with only three months - 100 days - to go to the Athens Olympic Games, the first to take place since the start of the war on terror. It's already considered a total security nightmare, and its placed in the country that was always the weakest link in Europe when it came to anti-terror security.
And, as has been reported for months, the construction work has been way behind schedule from the start, and the ambitious plans have been cut down to the bare minimum needed to hold the games. The city struggles to meet the deadline, even without worrying about bombs.
Armed Liberal over at Winds of Change does a good fisking of the recent British-inspired protest against Bush's Middle East policies from a group of retired American diplomats.
The best we can hope for in the war on terror is that our diplomats stay neutral (it escapes me who first said something to that effect).
