Just because I'm free to discuss it, doesn't mean I should be falling into such an enthusiastic tone, when I should remember there may be real people reading this thread with loved ones presently in harm's way.

Although I was a child at the time, I remember the serious tone stories of the Vietnam War always had on Canadian television. In contrast, once the statues of Saddam were torn down, stories of the ongoing war in Iraq have faded into an unreachable, hazy distance -- something most of us don't seem to want to contemplate, of no more consequence than the ongoing violence in Israel and its annexed territories.

I felt terribly guilty that Canada wasn't sending even a token force into Iraq, sharing some of the risk of terrorist reprisals, to stop Saddam from developing WMDs. Now that WMDs have not been found...I just don't know; I often avoid thinking about that war.

Thanks for the wake up call.