Honestly, I never thought we’d live in as Orwellian a world as we now do. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength. Want to test it out? Try talking about the war with someone – you descend into an Orwellian circle of “let’s not talk about it” or “We’ve always been at war with . . . ”. Even, or maybe especially, when I see the war protestors as I did this weekend on the 3rd anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, with their “No Iraq War” posters I think, do they mean to say they wish there was no Iraq war or are they just not willing to let the reality of that war into their world. Or how strange it gets when some hawks argue the mistake was staying after we busted it, and some doves argue the mistake is leaving now that its broken. And that palpable feeling that maybe it isn’t such a good idea to talk about this loudly in an open place or the disapproving looks you get from people bothered by the debate. “No Iraq War” is an easier slogan to swallow. War is Peace and Ignorance is Strength. Let’s go back to work. Freedom is Slavery.