I agree with you that SH was a dictator and yes I agree that the people of Irac are better off without him.

What I do not buy is the way this war was sold to us.

First of all it was sold on the basis that SH did have some WMD and that they were a direct threat to the US. Wrong.

Secondly it was sold on the basis that the world as a whole would be safer without SH. Wrong. Terrorists are now stronger than ever due to the bad publicity this war has triggered.

I have always maintained and probably always will, that this war should have been fought under the flag of the UN. NOT by the US, UK and the other couple of countries who decided to join in.

I would have backed it under the UN as a consensus agreed by most countries in the world. The major problem was that the case for WMD was never made clear and unequivocal.


PS: Damn! You're up early! I'ts 12.05 here in London but I see you wrote at 5.33 am!!! You must love cigars so much that you log on in the middle of the night!

Can't blame you though. This is a great site.