UK happy Iraq is 'a mess'

UK foreign office minister Kim Howells has admitted the situation in Iraq is "a mess."

Howells, who is visiting the country to examine the oil industry, however, played down fears of a civil war.

He said Iraq was undergoing a "very, very painful process" and praised how ordinary Iraqis were adapting to the country's changes. He said Iraq was also no longer in a position to harm other countries.

"Iraq as a mess, But it is a mess that can't launch an attack now on Iran; a mess that won't be able to march into Kuwait; it's a mess that can't develop nuclear weapons. So yes it's a mess but it's starting to look like the sort of mess that most of us live in."

Don't you just wish you could smack that smirk off his gloating face? A true Bushite apologist, if you ask me.