I have to agree with Ted's analysis of the realities. Effectively, the political culture is such that even if only Bush, Cheney and that NSA twit of theirs want a war and Bush starts one in Iraq with or (preferably) without a valid rationale for doing so, it would be seen as unpatriotic not to back it up with the dosh.

And to some extent it's true in most other places, too.

But not in Zild. We appear to have emasculated our armed forces. These days, I doubt if the NZ armed forces could deal with Round 2 of the Maori Wars. We'd just about die laughing if Zild declared war on anywhere ...


The idiot also known as Capfka ...