Bush, State of the Union, Feb 2 2005: “Today, Iran remains the world’s primary state sponsor of terror — pursuing nuclear weapons while depriving its people of the freedom they seek and deserve.”

Blair, to the Commons liaison committee, Feb 8 2005: “It certainly does sponsor terrorism, there’s no doubt about that at all.”

And all buried under the Abbas/Sharon handshake for good measure.

He’s not even trying to be subtle is he? A third term with a decent majority is really going to put lead in his pencil. He can see his historical legacy finally materialising: not the Euro, not narrowing the gap between rich and poor.

No. It’ll be “democratising” Iraq and Iran.

“I think we should take Iraq and Iran and combine them into one country and call it Irate.” - Denis Leary.