When Bush talks of democracy, just remember Guantanamo Bay

SINCE he started the war in Iraq, the nearest George Wubya Bush came to being under fire — friendly or otherwise — was the 41-gun salute he was given on arrival in London.

For a man who has on more than one occasion proclaimed his love of freedom of speech and democracy, he may have been proud to see tens of thousands of people express that sentiment on the streets of London during his visit.

But I doubt it.