I hate Americans...

...and the British by association.

Hindsight is 20-20 as the saying goes, but anyone who votes for Bush/Blair in the NEXT elections is a complete ****. Fortunately, this excuses the Manx of any responsibility.

What's the biggest human tragedy in the last 5 years? (I'm gonna put aside the BIG tragedies like Rwanda as I don't even pretend to understand what's going on there).

Aside from Emma Bunton going solo, most (American) people would say 9/11. Mmm, 3000 deaths, that's a lot. My heart goes out to their families. Truly.

However, properly researched, but impossible to prove figures, put the number of deaths in Afghanistan + Iraq at over 50,000.

50,000?

Fifty goddamn thousand? And they're no where near finished.

Look it up on the internet, there's numerous resources. Even Donald Rumsfelt said recently that US Forces had killed between 1500 and 2500 last month. Last Month? That 1,000 difference they're not sure about, were they black or something? Didn't they matter?

Actually, 2801 died at the WTC. Not 2,800, or somewhere around three thousand, or quite a few. Exactly and precisely 2801.

And yet in Iraq/Afghanistan they don't even know how many died to the nearest 10,000. What a bunch of wankers.

Now I'm not actually anti-war. Or a pacifist. Britain against an invading Argentina? Two big grown up countries slugging it out for territory? Fine, crack on (although I noticed America didn't help us).

But the World's Only Superpower (with some beefy mates) beating the shit out of two of the shitest countries in the world? Pathetic.

Are you trying to tell me that Saddam would have killed more than 50,000 before he was killed? Not a chance in hell. He couldn't even gas anyone anymore, he didn't have the stuff.

I think you'll find plenty of other countries treat their people worse than Iraq did. But take on China? Eff that, let's all have an Olympics and F1 Grand Prix and be bestest friends.

Bottom line. Bush is a mass murderer who flaunts the Geneva Convention and the will of the UN. And Britain follows.



On a sidenote: I see a lot of American TV now. And something doing the rounds at the moment is an advert for a Silver Dollar made from silver fragments found at Ground Zero of the WTC.

The coin is solid silver, each one hand-crafted. Only 2801 will be made. They are to be sold for $50,000 a piece and all the proceeds are going to benefit the familes who lost loved ones.

No, no, no. That's completely wrong. We're talking about America.

It's actually only silver plated (i.e. it's a piece of cheap shit.)

And you can buy one for a mere $19.99! Is that a bargain or what? But wait for it, if you ring within 30 minutes of the advert and have your Credit Card ready you can have it for the knock down price of only $7.99 (+ P&P), yes, you heard right, $7.99! And they'll throw in a presentation case! That's a $20 value!!! No charity, no kiss my ass, nothing.

For God almighty's sake, can Americans actually BE any more crass?

Now that's a rant.