Yesterday, while catching up on my The Economist reading, I read Tony Blair’s recent rundown of his lessons learned while in office. It was largely the same platitudes we’ve been hearing from both London and Washington, but this out-right lie really caught my eye:
We can debate and re-debate the rights or wrongs of removing Saddam. […]

Ah, Vlad, could you be any more divorced from reality? Did you trade brains with Bush? Are all world leaders idiots these days? Or were you just stupid, egotistical and power hungry to begin with? Must be that one.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has described himself as the world’s only “pure” democrat and attacked the United […]

UPDATE 08 JUN 07: The link below died, so I’ve found another with the story that is even more informative — it includes a map of the embassies for sale.
A good friend pointed this out to me:

Looking for a distinctive vacation home? There are 29 U.S. embassies for sale worldwide, several with prices under […]

Licari of Arabia, a milblog by a soldier currently stationed in Fallujah, has an interesting post on the terming of young-in-age soldiers in Iraq as “kids.”

I heard some politician referring to the Marines and soldiers fighting in Iraq as “kids”. I understand what he meant to say and I’m not trying to get my knickers […]