The first night of vicious bombing of a living city with all of its lights on and cars still moving about the streets was Rumsfeld’s expression of Shock and Awe. Like all US bombing, it was claimed to be targeted and accurate – he even once referred to “compassionate targeting”. Here are two views of the effect. You cannot drop bombs on a crowded city and not kill and maim in a random manner. Fortunately the pilots are at 40,000 feet of altitude and only over the city for a few minutes. They are absolutely invulnerable and play rock & roll songs whilst carrying out the task which they are bidden to do, safe in the knowledge that they will be back in the good ol’ USA in no time at all, and able to take their families shopping in the mall or camping in the Grand Canyon. In the centre, Bush swaggers over the abyss down a red carpet with gold classical detail to tell America about the possibility of war. I have pixelled out his face to protect his identity; also his genital area in case he has by accident left his fly unzipped.