... and so we enter the world of Orwell

George W. Bush has led his country into a war on terror, a war without end, an Orwellian war. He defines words as they best suit his war. "Terrorist," "torture," "national security," come to mean what he wants them to mean, and he has lawyers to support his definitions.

Now we are told by Lt.-Gen. Rick Hillier, Chief of Canada's land forces, that we, too, are inovlved in a war, a war that will last 10 years ... minimum. There is no need to discuss an exit strategy, General Hillier says. No need for a parliamentary debate either, apparently. Afghanistan has been devouring foreign armies for centuries; we must hope it doesn't devour ours.