Ake--

So he backtracked--it took courage to say what he did the first time--especially since he's not a retired general. Which do you think he really believes? I'd say it's pretty obvious.

Give the man some credit.

From the WSJ today 14 Oct: "Britain buzzed with talk that the top general's criticism of Iraq policy has shown Blair to be yesterday's man".

It's pretty plain that when Brown takes over there will be no more rubber-stamping of Bush's Iraq policy by the UK. He has said as much.