Israel is the American watchdog in the Middle East, and that's why the Palestinians remain victims of one of the longest military occupations.

There is no war on terrorism; it is the great game speeded up. The difference is the rampant nature of the superpower, ensuring infinite dangers for us all.

Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days. When you have someone like Cheney who talks about "endless war" or war that might last fifty years, he could be Big Brother. You have Bush incessantly going on about the evil ones.

I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog.

Watch how the propaganda unfolds once the bombing is over and the Americans are running Baghdad and their spin machine. There will be the discovery of Saddam's secret arsenal, probably in the basement of one his palaces.

Official truths are often powerful illusions.

What Nixon and Kissinger began, Pol Pot completed.