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Freeman)Answer: Oh, I’m very worried about what’s going on in the world at the moment because we have this Napoleonic president, by Napoleonic I mean he’s a man who just seems to need to search himself. It doesn’t make sense. I don’t have any love loss on Saddam Hussein. If he needs to be removed from office, fine. You have to find the right way to do it, but going to war, nah, with the people. To do what. What is the real reason? Because he’s harbouring weapons of mass destruction?

Mr. Freeman, what's the "right way" to remove him from office? There were only two possibilities, neither of which you would have liked: Assassination or war. Do you really think he could have been talked into stepping down?

The Real Reason: We have to democratize the Middle East or we are finished. Afghanistan (with NO oil) was the easiest domino to knock over first, Iraq was second. Other dominos (Libya, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon) have either fallen or are reaching the tipping point. Iran may be as well.

I think Freeman & Co. are the ones in search of themselves -- they can't make up their minds when violence is appropriate (vacillating between "never ever under any circumstances" and "it's okay whenever socialists or non-whites use violent") or whether or not we are actually at war. A goalpost mover is unstable in all his ways... As much as I like the guy and his cool, intense vibe, such comments (and the fact that he wears an ear ring) make it impossible for me so far.