There are occasions when the true nature of globalism becomes eerily apparent. In the February 4th issue of Forbes Global, the editor-in-chief, Steve Forbes, berates his own (US) State Department over its efforts to ‘contain’ Saddam Hussein by weapons inspection and the bombing of ‘suspect’ sites in Iraq. "Saddam must go" Forbes says: "The more thoroughly, the more decisively, we move, the faster we can complete the job we failed to finish in 1991. The Saudis may fear an Iraqi democracy arising on their borders, but the Kingdom is going to have to start liberalising regardless. Our allies - most of them anyway - will fall in line, just as they usually do, if we take the lead. If we need any ground reinforcements, we can call on the Turks."

Breathtaking stuff this, but further on into the magazine there is more. Under the headline ‘Kabuled Together’, a somewhat doubtful pun, it is reported that oil executives are talking about reviving a pipeline project which would carry natural gas - 700 billion cubic metres of proven reserves - from Turkmenistan, across Afghanistan to Pakistan and beyond. Well, that should earn megabucks for the lawyers, planners, accountants and surveyors; what a blessing that Bin Laden was supposed to be hiding, though never found, in such a potentially lucrative bolt-hole!

Globalists' jamboree