well spoken Don, and I have to say Jim McDermott sounds like
a much needed voice of reason and - more importantly a voice for truth...
while my own point of view on the Iraq war initially went from being undecided, I tended to agree most with Michael Ignatieffs point of view - that from a humanitarian standpoint what is the best thing for the Iraqi people? It may be to get rid of Saddam.. but at what cost?
which was the unknown, so its not an easy decision.

and it is apparent that the electorate was conned, from the shifting arguments about wmds, (which havent been found - and looks like the teams searching for them are heading home) to bringing democracy to the Iraqis. (although strictly speaking democracy in America probably took 80 years to establish - if not more)

now the plan is to pull out by June (democracy or not) because it's an election year. Which is inexcusable, as they may not be able to do anything about the wmds but the US owns Iraq now, so having made the choice to invade - they owe it to the Iraqis now to get it right.