2/21/07

Great Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair has finally pulled his tongue out of W's arsehole, as the British would say, and announced that the British troops are on their way out. The Brits have 7,000 troops in Iraq, and half of them are slated to not be there by the time we ring in 2008. Britain is not the first ally to ditch this disaster, of course, but they are W's major ally and the second largest presence in the country. Of course, this news comes as the US finds itself digging deeper into the shitstorm, as 20,000 more US troops are on their way over. As Bush's "Coalition of the Willing" becomes the "Coalition of the Fleeing", one has to wonder how long the Great Decider can keep up this charade.

Australia and her mighty contingent of 550 troops are not going anywhere - for now. But the Conservative Party is taking a political beating over the war, and right now 2/3 of the Aussie population is saying enough. The Labour Party is promising to pull out if they rise in this fall's elections, as all indications are they will.

By the way, anyone found those WMDs yet?