I got up this morning to the wonderful news of a unilateral move by the US in Iraq - a so called decapitation attack accompanied by buzzwords like target of opportunity and such.

Maybe 'unilateral' is a bit much... As Terry Jones stated in his biting The audacious courage of Mr Blair piece for the Observer:

"Even though the majority of his fellow countrymen are against the war, Mr Blair has shown not the slightest sign of wavering from his determination to do whatever Mr Bush wants".

So I guess the move isn't completely unilateral.

Blair is following Bush and Bush looks like he has the IQ of a dirty sock - who exactly is running this (freak) show? A while back, I read an article that worried me, entitled Bush planned Iraq 'regime change' before becoming President. It talks about a report from 2001 that:

• refers to key allies such as the UK as 'the most effective and efficient means of exercising American global leadership'
• describes peace-keeping missions as 'demanding American political leadership rather than that of the United Nations'
• reveals worries in the administration that Europe could rival the USA

Geez all this does sound kinda familiar (that last point has to do with US fears of an OPEC switch from USD to Euro for intl transactions, I think, something Saddam did in late 2000). Now, here's the really scary part (drum roll, please) - it also states:

• 'even should Saddam pass from the scene' bases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait will remain permanently -- despite domestic opposition in the Gulf regimes to the stationing of US troops -- as 'Iran may well prove as large a threat to US interests as Iraq has'

• spotlights China for 'regime change' saying 'it is time to increase the presence of American forces in southeast Asia'.

I know, I know... this has nothing to do with programming, free software or advogato. But somehow, the load of crap that our government representatives have been piling onto us motivated me not only to finally create my account today but also to actually write something in this diary which is rather surprising. I mean; my navel is as fuzzy as the next guy's but why should you care to peer deeply within like this?

Perhaps if I just sit tight and focus on satisfying my clients and producing "world class code", I can forget about the fact that the world's number one terrorist is laughing it up in D.C. Perhaps this will be my last flamebait entry in this diary, perhaps all will go well, perhaps a couple of first responders from the Ministry of Truth and Homeland Security will show up to help me think straight again.