The west has a great deal to answer for in the Middle East, from Britains belated empire-building after the First World War to the US and British policy that condemns modern Iraq to the material and social squalor of a half-century ago. – James Buchan
I am an opponent of Saddam Hussein, but an opponent also, of the sanctions that have killed a million Iraqi children and an opponent of the United States apparent desire to plunge the Middle East into a new and devastating war. – George Galloway
When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. – Lawrence Lessig