From My Thumb

Sir John Chilcot seems to be a reasonable man and hopefully, one without bias or discrimination. He has spoken of candour and fairness and we all hope the inquiry into the reasons for the Iraq war will be exposed.

Let us not fool ourselves though. If he does not come up with the real reasons for the start of this war, then he will be hiding behind a curtain of gross lies and the incompetence of World leaders.I hope to see in his final report the following:

1. An complete or incomplete assessment of Saddam's weapons of destruction.
2. A biased report by the military on every level of the WMD Saddam had in his arsenal.
3. A concerted effort by the triumvirate plus one to convince the public that Saddam was a threat to World security (Yes, they had not yet confronted Iran's intentions)
4. A complete failure to prepare Iraq for a post-Saddam era.
5. A complete failure to ensure the safety of Iraqui citizens.
6. A complete failure of planning on every aspect of an Iraq after the war. Here they failed badly.
7. A deliberate attempt to bring Britain into a war badly planned and conceived.

Here are the names of the triumvrate plus one.

-Tony Blair
-George W. Bush
-Donald Rumsfeld
-Dick Cheney.

If the actions of these men are not included in the inquiry, then I suggest that the inquiry will be flawed.

Now this a new experience for David Beckham---Booed by his former team as he returned.

Our David took it on the chin like the professional he is. He could show the finger to LA Galaxy if he wanted to but, professional to the hilt, David mostly ignored it.

Jeepers, don't these stupid yanks realise that nothing is going to phase Beckham? I use the word "stupid" liberally as I know some good Yankees. But, really LA Galaxy is not Real Madrid or Blackburn Rovers. In fact they're on a par with Norwich when it comes to performance. And, if I'm being honest, this team, like the losers in any American game, eat sour grapes instead of getting on with the job. Who the hell is Donovan anyway? He pales against Beckham---he pales against most top players.

He is, to be honest, an arsehole.The problem lies deeper than the LA Lakers themselves. It lies with yanks who have no professionalism and no team spirit.

Ignore them David. They're not all like that but many think they're "bulls". Bullshit.

We all have views on the weekly news so I hope my friend Ian will forgive me if I mimic but take a different trail.

Here's the funniest of all: North Korea hacks into S. Korea's computers and some US sites as well. That is quite amazing. Apart from a million man army and millions of other peasants subsisting on gruel (while the mighty leader fires off missiles once a week), I did not realise that they have computers in North Korea. You know--dirty US porn, Macdonalds ads, Will & Grace---quite disgusting to country with dead sex(as opposed to live sex with Megan Fox inspiring and rushing blood in wrong way to glorious troops).

There is only one TV channel and it reminds me of those Arabian channels that chant the Koran all day, every day. I do not know what the North Koreans chant but they sure as hell don't have Pamela Anderson as their Goddess! 1 in 5000 gruel eating peasants have a TV and they must be bored out of their skulls. Miraculously when the the glorious leader, Kim Jong Il, comes on TV 5001 TVs light up and the rice tastes sweeter.

And the hackers? Imagine a dungeon with stolen US equipment and a 12 volt battery powering up a (stolen) server. I shall translate from North Korean for you:
"Ah, we have a link to Seoul. Scramble all codes."
" Scrambling all codes, sir."
" What codes did you scramble?"
" Black House, Octagon, beach hut in coast."
" You fool: White House, Pentagon, Govt. headquarters, Seoul"
"Sorry honorable captain, battery now flat."

Yes, it is more serious than this scenario but one wonders if the North Koreans really have the capacity to hack at will. If they do, we shall have to find answers.