The Guardian reported yesterday on the Iraqi blogger whose site has become so popular it caused the web servers to crash recently. That this blog (Where is Raed?) is so popular should come as no surprise given the poverty of the journalism on the Iraq war so far.
‘God bless the Civil Service, The nation’s saving grace, While we expect democracy, They’re laughing in our face’
crooned Billy Bragg in reference to the British civil service going public on matters of conscience.
The Economist published an article last week entitled Bubbling up that presents a pretty gloomy outlook for the world economy.
I read today that Dr Mahathir has been critical of John Howard and Australia’s position on Iraq. It’s a bit of a worry when I share similar views to a guy whose record on human rights can hardly be described as exemplary. Mahathir’s anti-Western stance is legendary, of course, with Aussie-bashing among his favourite pastimes. For this reason, his views are likely to be shrugged off by Howard, Downer et al. On this occasion, however, Asia’s most famous recalcitrant has got it right IMHO.
