Posts tagged with “iraq”


War, not war

War, not war: So, the parents of a Danish solider killed in Iraq was denied payout from their son’s life insurance, as the company claims (and the arbitration board agrees) that the small print excuses the company when the death occurs during war. This, of course, is at odds with the government’s claim that there is no war — we are just involved in a peace-keeping action.

February 5th, 2007 / Tags: iraq, denmark / Trackback

LOSERS JUSTICE

Losers’ Justice: “It might therefore have been a nice idea, given the American and British promises of a new and democratic Iraq, if the latest change of regime had not been marked by yet another clanging of the gallows.” Yeah, the Hitch himself (bless him, after all, for once again being the one to cry “But he has nothing on…” Regardless.)

January 3rd, 2007 / Tags: politics, iraq / Trackback