Weasel Words

Yesterday the B Liar Government escaped by the skin of its teeth from being forced to hold an enquiry into the conduct of the war in Iraq. Maybe the timing of the demand for such an enquiry, a coalition of Nationalists, Conservatives and Liberals was opportunistic, but it was hard to avoid curling my lip in contempt to hear the Divine Beckett, our latest Foreign Secretary, talking about an enquiry sending 'a wrong message to our gallant troops, already in great danger'.

Why do weaselly politicians always look to the interest of 'our gallant troops overseas' whenever their foreign policy comes under scrutiny? Beckett, who reminds one of the old Groucho Marx line, 'I have strong principles - but if you don't like them, I have others' - was once described by Britain's erstwhile Foreign Secretary, Denis Healey, as 'The Vicar of Bray' of the Labour Party, prepared to bend her views to suit any master. She is ideally suited for the job of B Liar's lap dog to feebly defend the indefensible.




Do B liar and Beckett think 'our gallant troops overseas' are stupid? I'm certain our soldiers would rather be re assured that a major debate was taking place about the role they are undertaking and whether their lives are being squandered needlessly, rather than continue to be killed and maimed in a hell hole manufactured by Bush and supported by Blair because spineless politicians haven't the guts to admit they were wrong.