Ake - with all due respect (having crossed words with you a couple of times before on MC), coming to an argument in this place armed with good intentions & no facts is about as sensible as turning up in a Rangers pub wearing Celtic colours (or similar sporting example of your choice)!

I don't doubt that you were as much against Saddam in general, as you were against the invasion. However, I must ask you the same question that I have asked other anti-war protestors.

It is estimated that, in the 12 years or so since GWI, Saddam caused the death of in excess of 1 million Iraqi's, either directly or through, frex, manipulation of sanctions. It is 15 months or so since Saddam's fall. In that time, we can reasonably expect (then existing conditions prevailing) that another 100,000+ Iraqi's (mostly vulnerable elderly, women, or children) would have died. This dwarfs the casualty total of GWII & its aftermath.

How would you have dealt with Saddam? Sanctions didn't work, their removal would not have served the Iraqi's any better. What was your solution? Because I've never yet heard a satisfactory answer from the anti-war brigade (& I've asked this question here previously!).

Regards

Rædwulf