Dave, it seems from the reading of your views on Iraq that you are all alone in the [sane] world in your continuing belief in the originally-stated reason for attacking that country---the existence of weapons of mass destruction. When do you reckon they'll be discovered?
   And a long-term stay is already planned, no matter what government is elected, freely or otherwise, in Iraq. I see two scenarios which can achieve a decisive end to the cruel chaos in the Mid-East; 1) the rejection by the American people of the unholy gang which is now trying --and unfortunately succeeding---to spread its acquisitive tentacles across Asia, and 2) a realisation that the cost in U.S. lives and wellbeing will be ever-present and possibly increasing if the present course is maintained. It will be a blessing if the former scenario prevails. I think [and I hope] that the glory-seeking lapdog who is Premier in the UK will be among the first to notice his clay feet crumbling. Mr Bush should surely follow---for if the incumbents in the White House keep on keeping on, there could well be some very serious rumblings among the very high [and getting higher] proportion of Americans who abhor the lies and warmongering which have been the hallmark of this administration.