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	October 9, 2003

WHAT GEORGE HATH WROUGHT (posted from Paris) In the latest setback for the 'reconstruction' of Iraq, the BBC reports that the country is suffering from a massive drug crisis. It's a familiar response to the deadly combination of hopelessless and lawlessness. The former creates the demand, the latter enables the supply. The foreign mafia have moved in quickly, and those that can't afford the prices for 'real' drugs sniff gasoline, paint thinner, Whiteout, whatever they can get their hands on, to escape the agony and chaos all around them. To me, this terrifying picture -- a young boy sniffing solvent, with a gun in his other hand, is the definitive picture of George Bush's new Iraq. You can have your picture of Fratboy Deserter dolled up in a military uniform he has no right to wear. This is the picture that really shows what happens when you trump up a fraudulent excuse for an unjust war, for reasons as bald as greed, rabid ideology and political expediency. Or perhaps instead the picture of the 35 Afghani women who recently jumped to their deaths rather than become the latest gang-rape victims of the bands of thugs that move unopposed in the forgotten country next door, under the protection of the warlords who wield power virtually unopposed, untouched and even supported by Afghanistan's witless US/UN-backed administration. Photo opp, anyone? 11:14:36 AM  trackback []  comment []

GREAT WRITING ON SALON.COM I recommend to you this extraordinary article from Salon.com, that describes the fears of a new mother at one level, and the terrors of mental illness at another. It's short, it's brilliantly written, and it will change the way you think. Just go read it. 11:13:05 AM  trackback []  comment []

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