All the circumstances lead to the only conclusion that it's true. One unnamed civil servant according to German reports has tried the following explanation: Bush was joking.

Since the document is a transcript and not a tape this is a nice try. But those who have seen the document say that this explanation is unbelievable when the words are seen in the context. And why should Blair argue against a joke?

No, this has the ring of a true and ugly story. With this information, one might be tempted to revisit the 'inadvertent' bombing of the Jazeera office in Kabul during the Afghanistan war.

The only good about these news is that Tony B. sometimes dares to speak against Bush's plans. Couldn't he have done this much more often?

Wolfgang