and thank you mr parkins - a good read.

i think i got to the point of not having enough to go on, not trusting the media at all, or at least enough to base an opinion on it, and realising there are plenty of things the nation isnt told for good reasons.

given that politicians generally want to look after themselves, i see no reason as to why blair is committing political suicide in insisiting on the war unless theres a VERY good reason.

i also think the media, being ultimately controlled by a certain someone downstairs, will want to paint a very bad picture of blair.

and to be honest, what real alternatives are there? it seems saddam has just been using weapons he claimed he never had, so i really dont trust him at all.

on a slightly more amusing note, outside the uni the other day, there was a peace demonstration where everyone was blowing whistles and shouting lots, and there was this guy playing a drum, like a marching band drum, and he was actually playing a marching band style rhythm. i mean its either slightly ironic or pretty stupid to be playing something that gives impression of calling people to war at an antiwar demonstration.

and then there was the cnd/ peace flags being waved at yesterdays demonstration (that felt more like a cross between a school field trip and glastonbury!). i mean "ban the bomb"? isnt that what this war's supposed to be about? getting rid of the threat of nuclear war?!

maybe i'm just missing the irony of it all, but it all just seems like a bit of a joke to me really.