War is peace. Freedom is Slavery.
George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four
There’s a parallel universe out there and an awful lot of people live in it.
I’ve just been watching BBC news and in a report from Gaza they said that 100 humanitarian aid trucks were being allowed into Gaza by Israel.
Lise Doucet interviewed an Israeli army spokesman who told her that it was unprecedented for a country which was being attacked to allow aid to be sent to its attacker.
I swear that’s what he said.
George W Bush was at it too, in his final press conference.
He became angry with reporters who raised some of the main criticisms of his presidency, especially when questioned about the damage he’s done to America’s reputation.
“I disagree with this assessment that, you know, that people view America in a dim light. I strongly disagree with the assessment that our moral standing has been damaged.”
He also said that those who say the federal response to Hurricane Katrina was slow are wrong. Obviously in his parallel universe the response was good.
He summarised his presidency as ‘good and strong.’