Saddam Hussein was awful . A complete shit. He hanged a young reporter for the Observer newspaper. Cold blooded murder, absolutely unforgiveable.

we bankrolled him because he was fighting Iran who was doing all kinds of other awful things.

Thats what happens in a war. we weren't keen on stalin, but he was marching in the right direstion in the 2nd world war. so he became an ally. not a friend, not a decent chap, an ally.

whether the current war was right will be decided by historians. its a bit dumb getting all excited by facts that won't probably come available in our lifetimes. I grew up with parents who figured if stalin was okay in the war , Russia probably wanted nothing but our friendship and wellbeing in the cold war years. we've seen enough KGB stuff since the fall of the Berlin wall to know that wasn't the case.

Anyway we're in it. People are dying. Its a bit irritating pretending that you are in complete possession of what is going on.and that there are no moral complexities.

okay go back to gagging....