I feel sick....

Oh lordy lord. I agree with President Bush. He said in Brussels on Tuesday that he has "deep concern" about European plans to lift an arms embargo on China.

If this story is true then I think we should all share his concern.

Zimbabwe has received a large consignment of arms from China and recalled all reservists ahead of a general election on 31 March, prompting fears that the army is planning to stage a coup in the event of a poll defeat for President Robert Mugabe.

Just before Zimbabwe's last presidential election in 2002, the commander of the defence forces, Constantine Chiwengwa, and his predecessor, Vitalis Zvinavashe, warned that the army would stage a coup if Mr Mugabe were voted out of power in favour of his main opponent, Morgan Tsvangirai. Mr Chiwenga and other senior generals have since repeated these warnings.

Isn’t it funny the European leaders wanting to resume the selling of weapons to China after all their bluster over Iraq? And Mr Bliar, the guardian of the world’s oppressed, enemy of dictators supporting it is even stranger. China is hardly a model democracy is it? One is almost forced to believe that he interests of the arms industry are being put ahead of any genuine concern for human rights and the spread of freedom.

Maybe Mr Bush’s real problem is that the Chinese want to buy European weapons not U.S. weapons?