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Speaking specifically about Paul Bremmer, the former Coalition Chief Administrator in Iraq, the fellow must have had a ton of luck to survive his tenure in one piece. Bremmer was surely a target but apparently managed to leave that tortured nation unscathed. Whether we agree or not with US policies in Iraq (and I most emphatically don't) it takes courage, a robust amount of ego, and even foolishness to put yourself in the assassin's crosshairs...for what? Now I think we should consider John Negroponte, the newly-appointed US Ambassdor to Iraq as a likely candidate for 2004's list. After many years of distinguished service to the empire, especially in Central America where he put his morally dubious talents to work to better torture Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador, Ambassador Negroponte may finally meet the kind of underdog he just can't kick with total impunity.

I am delighted to have found new friends who not only have a robust sense of humor (when I chanced upon this site I could not help having a hearty laugh at the sheer audacity of the concept) but who can think, really think. With so many idiots and card-carrying ignoramuses posting chauvinistic manure as they "drive by" it's hard not to sound or feel elitistic. Too bad that ignorance is not so easily dispelled as it constitutes its own obstacle. A hurdle often compounded by heapfuls of congenital obtuseness. I appreciate the loyal support of those who have taken the time to put these idioten in their places. As men who respect reason and fairness, and will always prefer justice to empty patriotic bombast, we are a thin line indeed and we must hang together or, well, you know how it goes...I thank the administrators of this site for their courage. It's a unique place.

As an WW2 yank who is having trouble surviving the toxic media air in the USA (we have had to witness the obssessive, 24/7 canonization of Ronnie for a whole week, with even that tower of jelly, John Kerry, pronouncing Reagan a worthy "statesman" (?)), I can hardly disagree with your label. But I find it a bit timid. I would add these indispensable qualifiers: criminal and hypocritical. In fact, good riddance to this bastard. Too bad that like many of these monsters (remember Franco?) he managed to die in his own bed. Kissinger--another "revered statesman" in the US and wanted criminal in parts of Europe, will probably follow his lead. Now let's see if we can heal the world from all the damage Ronnie and his ilk, including the current Bush, have done to people and nature everywhere. But whatever you do, PLEASE don't cave in to those benighted Americans who'd like you to share in their self-inflicted mental rot. Let's have at least a small place where terminal stupidity and conventionality do not rule the waves.