Something for you to consider Akenaton

Iraq weapons supply - inventory almost entirely Russian, Warsaw Pact, Chinese and French. Who were the fiercest opponents to intervention in the UN - France, Russia, China. They sold to Saddam at ten times the going rate on items across the board, no wonder they didn't want this rather comfortable arrangement to be disrupted.

As to being on the side of the good guys, or bad guys, that is a purely a matter of from whose perspective you view the situation. Along with the great majority of Iraqi citizens I would rather see Saddam Hussein deposed than have him still in power. According to the will and wishes of what you see as being the 'good guys' Saddam Hussein would still be in power and the population of Iraq would have nothing to look forward to except the succession of his son, who by all accounts was a very nasty and vicious piece of work.

If you say that the UN would ahve done something without the prompting of the USA and the UK, you blithely ignore that organisations track record. About one year ago the Secretary General stated that the situation in Darfur was the single most serious problem facing the world. Twelve months later what have they done about it - apart from basic cosmetics and empty promises absolutely nothing.