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Secretarissimo Rumsfeld continued his magical mystery tour of the various theatres of the War on Terror TM with a drop-in on good old President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan. We supposed Karzai is the very model of the modern major puppet administrator. I understand that Secretary Rumsfeld and President Karzai were comparing notes on their favorite Swiss banks.

As I've said, if someone would just form "Rumsfeldblog", it would be hard to top. So, without further ado, let me just turn it over to the SecDef himself, in his own words (as reported by his own Department of Defense):

"This proves the point that the global war on terrorism is not a problem in one country or for one country," Rumsfeld said. "It is a problem in that it crosses borders. ... I could name five or six countries where borders are actively used to advantage the terrorists."

Rumsfeld said the people of Afghanistan are the final judge of how successful things are in the country. "And people are voting with their feet," he said. "More refugees are returning to Afghanistan every day."

Yes, Mr. Secretary. Unfortunately, by and large they are refugee members of the Taliban. Perhaps another demonstration of the fly-paper theory in action?

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When did every post start carrying the title of a Beatles song? Did I just miss the announcement on that?

Posted by Haggai at September 9, 2003 01:01 AM

and the Gilbert and Sullivan...getting all literary on us TD?

I can't help but see Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner do that in one of the Star Trek TNG movies...eeek!

Posted by Jo Fish at September 9, 2003 01:22 AM

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MORE TROUBLE FOR THE BBC:

THE reputation of Andrew Gilligan, the controversial BBC journalist at the centre of the Hutton Inquiry, has suffered another blow after previously unpublished documents reveal he misled MPs investigating the case for war with Iraq.

The BBC reporter has already been criticised by corporation executives after he e-mailed two members of the foreign affairs select committee (FAC) revealing that Dr David Kelly was the source of a report by the BBC Newsnight journalist Susan Watts.

It has since emerged that three days after sending the e-mail, Mr Gilligan told the committee he had no knowledge of the MoD scientists’ dealings with other journalists, including Ms Watts.

The contradictory statements have infuriated Labour MPs on the committee and will raise further doubts about the credibility of Mr Gilligan as Lord Hutton prepares for the second stage of his inquiry.

Committee member and Labour MP Gisela Stuart said she would be asking her colleagues to consider referring Mr Gilligan to the appropriate Commons authority for his alleged contempt of Parliament.

It's the coverup that gets you, they say.

UPDATE: The Daily Telegraph is starting "BeebWatch!"

And here is the much-respected BBC world affairs editor, John Simpson, analysing American policy towards Libya last week as moves to end sanctions approached culmination:

John Humphrys: "Has there been a real fear in Libya that the Americans would attack them?"

John Simpson: "Very strong indeed. You see, they really suit the pattern that George W Bush has established - it's a weak country with a bad reputation. Now, most people don't realise it's weak; it's a bit like Iraq in that sense, [an] easy target to hit if you know what's really going on, but it looks big if you just watch the morning television programmes in the United States: built up as something terrible, whereas in fact it's small, weak, and it can't do anything very much to defend itself. That's why President Reagan hit it so hard in 1986, because he knew he could get away with it, and I don't believe that even the Americans thought that it was a major sponsor of state terrorism..."

Note a) the assumption of the stupidity of the American public; b) the assumption of the dishonesty of US Republican administrations; c) the instrusion of an extraneous point about Iraq; d) the condescension of the phrase "even the Americans"; e) the failure to spend time on the behaviour of Libya itself, the country responsible for the Lockerbie bombing. In short, a locus classicus of BBC bias. You can find one virtually every day.

This is what our Beebwatch sets out to do.

I think they're learning from bloggers. I hope they'll drop by the Biased BBC blog regularly.

Posted by at September 9, 2003 01:39 AM

actually, the Rumsfeldblog could be topped if there happened to be another one done in the "very secret diaries" style that we've seen with that Kim Jong Il journal, the Lord of the Rings characters, and the Camelot characters.

methinks there's plenty of fodder to feed such a blog for Rummy, Cheney and Rove. not that i'm instigating someone create one... no, not me.

Posted by DesertJo at September 9, 2003 02:21 AM

There's no "fly-paper theory," it''s called "Bring 'em on."

Posted by charles at September 9, 2003 05:29 AM

Kudos to Haggai for spotting the Beatles trend; I believe this post is the 29th consecutive post using a Beatles title. I'm not sure how much longer I'll keep it up, though the Beatles catalog contains well over 250 songs.

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