Thu, 24 Jul 2003
Thought for today
I won't be shedding any tears for Uday or Qusay -- a more
unpleasant pair of mass-murdering scum would be hard to find.
But I think it's time to ask one question: after
the US occupation forces in Iraq find or kill Saddam, what
will they do when the resistance continues?
(Clue: reading the press transcripts of interviews with
ordinary Iraqis, a lot of people there have been afraid that
if the US withdrew, the old regime would reappear. Without
that fear, I predict that resistance will continue -- less
ba'athist, more nationalist. And there won't be a head to
lop off this particular hydra.)
I'm now going to make an effort to try to talk about happy fun things
instead of things that make me want to chew the door frame and bay at
the moon. Like, being
on Scottish TV last week, or measuring how much weight the
cats have lost lately (they're on a diet).
I'm going to be spending a long weekend in
London, starting tomorrow. And I think I'm going to take most
of August off work, because I'm still feeling a bit burned out
and after the past two years I figure I deserve it. (That's
the problem with being self-employed and working from home --
you end up working seven days a week and never taking any
vacations, because there's no boss around to keep reminding you
that you ought to work harder.)
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