I think one reason people in the UK might be particularly aware of this is because in the last Gulf War most of the British forces members who were killed were killed by "friendly fire".

I'm against throwing words like warmongers around at people who've decided to go along with this war. There are real warmongers, who coldbloodedly favour war as their chosen option when it could be avoided, and I think the word should be reserved for them.

I think this war could and should have been avoided, and that the overall results of it are only too likely to be overwhelmingly for the bad, but I also believe that people like Doug and Troll are quite sincere in thinking that it was the least bad option, and that the consequences will be less bad than the alternative.