Now now children, lets not get carried away.
The Daily Mirror is, like all coporate media, a puppet of the rich, ie those who manufactured this so-called war, as they did in the Gulf and Kosovo.
The Mirror is not by any stretch of the imagination opposed to this 'war'. A quick flick through it's disgusting pages will show any right thinking person that it is as blood-thirsty as ever. It does everything it can to oppress the working class.
I agree that the Pilger essay was a nice surprise, appearing on the front page of a filthy newspaper, tho suspect it is more about the fact that two days before publication it was revealed that Downing street prefers the Sun to its 'rival' the Mirror. This is as shallow as it gets, people.
Also remember that Pilger writes weekly in the Statesman and this artlicle appears there.
So, in reality, the Mirror doesn't give a fuck about the people of Afghanistan and is using Pilger to have a dig at the Blair circus.
And don't go and buy the fuckin mirror, today or any other day. If you must read it for research purposes, go to the library. Don't fund the enemy, fight it!
Keep sight.
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