Bush and Blair were going to invade Irak, but they first had to come up with a reason. This disgusting mess reminds me of what Nietzsche said about philosophers — “they pose as having discovered and attained their real opinions through the self-evolution of a cold, pure, divinely unperturbed dialectic: while what happens at bottom is that a prejudice, a notion, an ‘inspiration,’ generally a desire of the heart sifted and made abstract, is defended by them with reasons sought after the event”. (Beyond Good and Evil)
Bits and rants from Tony Emond