[Barry the Sprout]

Agree with Djinn here 110%. He is a very practiced brawler in these kind of arguments and the interview I just saw with the Senate committee rep doesn't fill me with confidence that they can meet him on that level. I don't know if he took money from Iraq or not, and frankly I don't entirely care. The man is politically reprehensible even without his collusion in Saddam's regime, but the Senate committee seems to be trying to smear the anti-war movement - not only George Galloway.

This could end up with a worst case scenario of the committee painting a picture of all anti-war people as Saddam's friends, and Galloway building himself up to be the representative of all anti-war people. Neither are good.

Shamrock - what is it makes you think this man is a socialist? Hard line or otherwise? Socialists are pro-choice and anti-death penalty, with Galloway its the other way around. He's an old, egotistical, Stalinist tankie. The Senate are welcome to him, but they're going to have to be much more on the ball to come out of this well.