In Iraq and Afghanistan the Americans validified their attacks by repeatedly lying to their own nation and to the world at large. Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction or a nuclear weapons programme and Afghanistan, as a country, was not involved in the 9/11 attack. Meanwhile, more than three million innocent Muslim men, women and children have lost their lives. Saddam Hussain was hanged for killing 43 people and Omar Hassan Al-Bashir has been presented with a warrant of arrest. But Bush and Blair are still moving around as VVIPs. Similarly, “Chemical Ali” was condemned to death for his role in the manufacture of chemical weapons, but no American was ever charged with the manufacture, or use, of Agent Orange. Read the rest of this entry »