"Locked in an Orwellian Eternal War" Oceania and Eastasia

"We are engaging 末 an Orwellian cracker this, from the Pentagon on Friday night 末 in "protective retaliation". And by yesterday morning, a military "expert" was on our very own BBC 末 its defence correspondent, Andrew Gilligan, no less 末 to announce that Iraq had acquired 30 surface-to-air missiles from Serbia and Ukraine to boost its military might. Really? Is this true? We in the West impose sanctions on Iraq so strict that we prevent the import of lead for schoolchildren's pencils lest it be put to military use; yet we cannot stop the Iraqis lugging anti-aircraft missiles over their border." -- Locked in an Orwellian eternal war by Robert Fisk, about the February 16, 2001 bombings.

Link to the article from 2001 by Fisk:
http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Iraq/fiskiraq.htm

SNIP..."In George Orwell's 1984, Oceania 末 in which Britain is "Airstrip One" 末 is engaged in eternal war with Eastasia. Victories are constantly announced by the British government. Our battle with Eastasia, over the years, has become routine. In George Bush's 2001, the West is engaged in eternal war with Iraq. The "degrading" of Iraq's forces is constantly announced by the American and British governments. And on Friday, the mission of the planes, which have been bombing Iraq for 10 years, was officially announced by the American President as "routine".

As in 1984, the characters in 2001 do not change. In 1991, defence secretary Dick Cheney and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Colin Powell were urging the bombers on to Baghdad with the backing of President George Bush. In 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney and secretary of state Colin Powell are urging the bombers on to Baghdad with the backing of President George Bush Jr. In 1991, the Beast of Baghdad was Saddam Hussein. In 2001, the Beast of Baghdad is Saddam Hussein...." END SNIP

And then I watch the news and hear the victories proclaimed. And of course they don't hate us because of this. Of course not.

I am still looking for that website that kept tallies of the bombs dropped on Iraq through the years.

"Since the time of Thomas Paine and John Adams, our founders implored that we were not to be the new Rome. We are not to conquer and suppress other nations to submit to our will. We were to inspire them."
Howard Dean, 2003