"I speak plainly sometimes, but you've got to be mindful of the consequences of the words"

"I speak plainly sometimes, but you've got to be mindful of the consequences of the words. So put that down. I don't know if you'd call that a confession, a regret, something." —George W. Bush, speaking to reporters, Washington, D.C., Jan. 14, 2005

Another Downing Street memo may soon work its way out into the daylight. It is being reported that Tony Blair had to talk Dubya out of bombing the Al-Jazeera studios in - no, not Afghanistan; we've done that already - but in Qatar. From The Evening Standard:

According to unnamed sources quoted in the Daily Mirror, the memo - stamped Top Secret - records Mr Bush suggesting that he might order the bombing of Al-Jazeera's studios in Qatar.

And it allegedly details how Mr Blair argued against an attack on the station's buildings in the business district of Doha, the capital city of Qatar, which is a key ally of the West in the Persian Gulf.

If Bush doesn't like propaganda, perhaps he might think about eliminating it closer to home. A good start would be the studios at 1211 Ave Of The Americas.