My Sympathies

I followed the Bush visits Dubai fiasco with great interest. And not a little relief that I wasn't tangled up in it - I'd have probably blown a gasket if I had been!

Major roads were closed without warning, a Public holiday was declared at six hours notice, people were stranded all over the place, and for what? For the security of the one man who poses the greatest threat to Middle East peace today. Unbelievable.

And there's Dubya in his limo.

'Pretty quiet around here, Abdullah.'
'Mohammed.'
'Whatever. There's no traffic, the buildings are all empty, what's all the fuss about?'