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[url] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7774888.stm [/url] (the last sentence is telling)
Gertrude Bell: [url] http://www.amazon.com/Desert-Queen-Extraordinary-Gertrude-Adventurer/dp/0385495757 [/url] (fascinating book), [url] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Bell [/url]
[url] http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400041510 [/url] (Fascinating book, heavy going in places but well worth it)
The current situations in which we are involved are anything but simple, and a lot of history seems to repeat itself.
Don't for a moment take the above to mean that I condone protest against our soldiers, though. Protest should be aimed at the people who took us into war, although, as someone has said in the previous post, that's getting harder.
Also read 'The Strange Death of David Kelly': [url] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strange-Death-David-Kelly/dp/1842752170 [/url]. Scary stuff.
