links for 2008-03-20

• Robert Fisk: The only lesson we ever learn is that we never learn
  There is no connection between Islam and “terror”. But there is a connection between our occupation of Muslim lands and “terror”. It’s not too complicated an equation.
  (tags: US UK Iraq Afghanistan Illegal War)
• Patrick Cockburn: This is the war that started with lies, and continues with lie after lie after lie
  It has been a war of lies from the start. All governments lie in wartime but American and British propaganda in Iraq over the past five years has been more untruthful than in any conflict since the First World War.
  (tags: US UK Iraq Afghanistan Illegal War)
• Leading article: Five years after the invasion, the totality of our failure is clear
  Five years on, the totality of our failure is clear. But worse even than that failure, perhaps, is the obstinate refusal of our political leaders to learn the obvious lessons.
  (tags: US UK Iraq Afghanistan Illegal War)