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Aaaagh, Robin Cook died!

The guy who made the greatest resignation speech of modern times. Sniffle.

And he was absolutely right about the whole thing, frankly.

"Ironically, it is only because Iraq's military forces are so weak that we can even contemplate its invasion. Some advocates of conflict claim that Saddam's forces are so weak, so demoralised and so badly equipped that the war will be over in a few days.

We cannot base our military strategy on the assumption that Saddam is weak and at the same time justify pre-emptive action on the claim that he is a threat.

Iraq probably has no weapons of mass destruction in the commonly understood sense of the term - namely a credible device capable of being delivered against a strategic city target.

It probably still has biological toxins and battlefield chemical munitions, but it has had them since the 1980s when US companies sold Saddam anthrax agents and the then British Government approved chemical and munitions factories.

Why is it now so urgent that we should take military action to disarm a military capacity that has been there for 20 years, and which we helped to create?

Why is it necessary to resort to war this week, while Saddam's ambition to complete his weapons programme is blocked by the presence of UN inspectors?"

Other things are making me rather more miffed, involving friends making very stupid decisions, but these are not for public discussion.

In better news, both Fringe groups have arrived and got settled into the flats, and seem happy. Hooray.

Now I must rapidly finish writing music for my cousin's wedding, grab a shower, pack rapidly for a night away, and head into town.

Schedule for today:
meet Cheaper Than Therapy group by Scott Monument at 1pm, hand out flyers during parade
meet suziesue and give her Fringe party ticket; meet Emily and give her Fringe party ticket
head to Dalkeith for family dinner
back into town for Fringe launch party, which sounds rather cool.