OCCUPIED COUNTRY

Well – here’s a turn up for the books. The Kabul-liberating, burqua-clad John Simpson has admitted that he got it seriously wrong about how long the current hostilities would drag on. Speaking on BBC 5Live this morning he confessed that he thought it would be over by now.

He reasoned that the superior weaponry of the ‘coalition’, allied to the low morale and absolute hatred of all things Saddam on the part of the Iraqi population would have finished off the regime by now.

Well done that man ! Occupied Country, at least, salutes you. Does anyone know of any other journalist, politician, commentator or even colleague who would so readily admit to.....errr.....lack of judgement....over confidence......I don’t really know what phrase best sums up Mr Simpson’s candour.

Nonetheless, congratulations John – I’ve always liked you even though I think your books are a bit turgid.

Looks like the blogger site’s been down. I’ve actually typed this up in Word which gives me the option of spell-checking so this entry, at least, should be error free. Strange the way the brain overtakes the fingers and you end up thinking words but not actually typing them. To compound this, when you read back what you’ve written, your brain confuses you into thinking the words are actually there. Well sometimes it does.......or is it just me ???

Joy of joys !!! A comment has appeared from the Frozen North. I must admit to once being extremely upset at being called a Southerner in a bar in Nairn. But I guess that being referred to as a ‘Northern Monkey’ by anyone who lives south of Watford has made it hard for me to accept that – according to some – I too am Southern !!! Anyway thanks for your kind words Peter. Yours was the first Blog that ever caught my attention. Supremely readable, humorous and honest. I know that sometimes you get a little pissed off, but please keep it up.

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