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“Protection. Conservation. Restriction. Deep ecology. Give me deep technology any day. They don't scare me. "I'm damned if I'll crawl, my children's children crawl on the earth in some kind a fuckin' harmony with the environment. Yeah, till the next ice age or the next asteroid impact." (Moh Kohn, The Star Fraction)/ "This is the fight between God and the Devil. If His Grace is with God, he must join me, if he is for the Devil he must fight me. There is no third way" King Gustavus Adolphus

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University graduate, currently working as an Information Assistant for the NHS. Interested in politics, history, sci fi etc.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

USA - Mid Term Elections

Democrats may spell trouble for Labour on free trade and Iraq

Michael White assesses how the US-UK relationship might change if the Democrats manage to gain the Senate as well as the House


Bush Whacked In Polls
Democrats have struck a blow to George Bush's presidency by winning control of the House of Representatives.

And they are just one seat away from controlling the Senate after winning Montana.

Control now hinges on Virginia.

The party rode to mid-term election victory on a wave of public anger over the war in Iraq.

It also reclaimed governors' offices throughout the country, giving them a majority for the first time in 12 years.
Its nice to see the Bush Junta in dire straits but whether this will mean things will get better in the long term I remain skeptical.

I still think Iran is going to be bombed soon, then they will respond by blocking the Strait of Hormuz which will then stop the oil supplies getting out, which will have a knock on effect around the world, realpolitiks will demand that the US responds and so the remorseless logic of war will take over.

We are fast approaching a 1914 moment, a major war is bound to break out sooner or later.

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