The Colder War: “Last week, the US government announced that it was building the biggest-ever war machine. Military spending will rise to $379billion, of which $50billion will pay for its ‘war on terrorism’.

There will be special funding for new, refined weapons of mass slaughter and for ‘military operations’ – invasions of other countries.

Of all the extraordinary news since September 11, this is the most alarming. It is time to break our silence.

That is to say, it is time for other governments to break their silence, especially the Blair government, whose complicity in the American rampage in Afghanistan has not denied its understanding of the Bush administration’s true plans and ambitions.”