[Peace-discuss] Fw: Freedland | Seasonal Forgiveness Has a Limit

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Freedland | Seasonal Forgiveness Has a Limit
http://www.truthout.org/122508Z
Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian UK: "'Tis the night before Christmas and 
the season of goodwill. The mood is forgiving. Our faces warm with mulled 
wine, our tummies full, we're meant to slump in the armchair, look back on 
the year just gone and count our blessings - woozily agreeing to put our 
troubles behind us. As in families, so in the realm of public and 
international affairs. And this December that feels especially true. The 
'war on terror' that dominated much of the decade seems to be heading 
towards a kind of conclusion. George Bush will leave office in a matter of 
weeks and British troops will leave Iraq a few months later. The first, 
defining phase of the conflict that began on 9/11 - the war of Bush, Tony 
Blair and Osama bin Laden - is about to slip from the present to the past 
tense. Bush and Blair will be gone, with only Bin Laden still in post. The 
urge to move on is palpable. Not so fast."











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