almost

well tony almost said he was sorry for misleading the country, for taking us into a war in iraq that seems to have no chance of a satisfactory ending.
the silly part is that if he had said at the get go he was for regime change and really didn't care that much about the presence of WMDs then he probably would have had much more support for the action then he did.
oh well we have made our beds on that one and we are stuck there for a long time.

it is interesting that while the british government is making all the right noises about not negotiating with the kidnappers of paul bigley (and yes we all know that they do negotiate with terrorists - but then it is with people who have stated and achievable aims such as the IRA) the italians have just gone and stumped up £500,000 to see two aids workers released.
i am sure that this is going to make it safer for others to be working out in iraq. well no it won't.
and for all the blather about the insurgents causes etc etc - it's nice to see that already the iraqis on the ground have embraced the joys of free market capitalism. at this rate arthur andersen will have to open offices their to balance the books of the insurgents (a tip to all iraqi insurgents reading this though - don't let them sell you shares though - remember enron and worldcom).

currently there are 18 overseas workers being held hostage in iraq.