We are at war. How surprising.

We are at war at the behest of the USA without UN backing and apparently in a breach of international law. How surprising.

We are at war with Iraq. How surprising.

BBC reporters' logs are interesting. Also as ever I read the Guardian. Pieces like this:

To have reached such a position against an adversary who is demonstrably one of the world's most disgusting tyrants, to have transformed him into a hero figure, and to have transformed the American flag into a symbol of oppression, is not only unfortunate but reeks of political incompetence.

Robin Cook is interesting. Resigning from a New Labour ministerial position on the grounds of principal... He said today I want to make sure that we continue to develop a radical, progressive agenda. Is this a serious alternative voice in the Labour party?

I had quite some respect for Claire Short as she was actually doing good things which I could support. I can see why she would stay, to continue doing the work she was doing, which is not directly related to the current events, but threatening to resign is just silly.

Tidbits: Most British papers print images of American PoWs - even as they quote the Geneva convention's ban on depicting the 'humiliation' of prisoners of war. Quite. Also notice the depiciton of Iraqi PoWs until somebody wanted to say that Iraq was being naughty by showing American PoWs.

Piece about "the Iraqi blogger". We've seen web logs reporting from areas of civil unrest, giving real stories of protests, and various small scale things. But as far as I know this is the first actual war that this has played a part in.

Anyway, I've been mostly ignoring the war for my own sanity. It has been planned for so long that I've used up most of my supply of righteous anger.