Ten Hail Marys

We all know that, like a little puppy following its master, Tony Blair followed George Bush into Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, it might be that George is about to follow Tony for the first time as rumours abound that the still American President might join the fold of the Catholic church. Wonder what George's first confession will be like. Well, what I mean is what might he want to confess; "Forgive me Father for I have sinned." ............................. "I cheated on Laura." Don't think so! "I got drunk." No, sorry! "I stole the 2002 election from Al Gore." Nope not even that! What about this one; "I took America to war under false pretences, I ignored American intelligence reports and I deleted watertight evidence that Saadam Hussain did not have WMDs. I am, Father, responsible for the deaths of some 4,000 Americans soldiers and for over 100,000 Iraqis and I have been smiling all the time since this carnage began." No doubt, good old Father O'Brien will go easy on George, give him ten hail marys and tell him to promise not to do it again. Nietszche once said that, "there are no morals, there is only the law". It is time to get the law onto this man's case. However, I think it is more likely that Georgie is going to go to his bed with a clear conscience after the ten hail marys, the word is out that his mate Tony's sleeping much better since making his conversion.