Monday, September 26, 2005
Guardian: 'voters swing behind withdrawal'. posted by Richard Seymour
Well, polls have tended to show most people supporting either a date for withdrawal or withdrawal by the end of the year. The Guardian today reports that voters are swinging behind withdrawal whatever the circumstances.I don't see a substantial change here - people simply do not believe that the war was just and don't think we have any right to be in Iraq. That's been so for ages, albeit various events might have been expected to attenuate or alter that view. But hold on a second - I think I understand why this is news to The Guardian. The same paper carried an editorial last Wednesday saying "no one is arguing for an immediate pull-out". This on the same day as its new star columnist, Simon Jenkins, argued that "Iraq is for the Iraqis".
Meanwhile, the Independent has more on the growing Sunni-Shiite unity against the occupation. And the Moonie Times reproduces another intelligence dribble on Con Couglin's leg, alleging that Moqtada al-Sadr's men are being trained by Iran. The all-purpose passive voice, non-sequitur and padding out of a one-paragraph non-story with irrelevant detail are all par for the course with the egregious disseminator of intelligence fabrications.