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Rumsfeld is known for steely intellect, writes David Rennie in Washington The stir caused by Donald Rumsfeld when he said Britain might not join the United States in a war with Iraq is far from his first brush with controversy. In an administration marked by tight control of its media message, the US defence secretary has achieved star status with his unusual candour and willingness to speak his thoughts aloud. Mr Rumsfeld often plays that candour for laughs, turning his Pentagon briefings into cult viewing, thanks to his frank refusal to answer sensitive questions, his whimsically archaic language, and the...

No matter what your views on President Bush's statement of upcoming war, this, from an English journalist, is very interesting. Just a word of background for those of you who aren't familiar with the UK's Daily Mirror. This is a notoriously left-wing daily that is normally not supportive of the Colonials across the Atlantic. Tony Parsons ... Daily Mirror ... September 11, 2002 One year ago, the world witnessed a unique kind of broadcasting -- the mass murder of thousands, live on television. As a lesson in the pitiless cruelty of the human race, September 11 was up there with...