'Their country was recognized all over the Arab world as being the most modern, westernized, and progressive Arab society in the decades prior to the US-led invasion. Its people were, for the most part, immeasureably better off prior to the American invasion than they have been afterward, despite the fact that Saddam was a ruthless dictator....and THAT is why the guy who threw the shoes is angry at George Bush.'

yes but they invadaed Kuwait, fired Scud missiles, attempted to make a supergun, and the WMD story must have come from somewhere. On a yearly basis he killed about half as many of his own citizens as the Americans have done. And lets face it the only reason the infrastructure is not better than in pre-war days is the murderous extremists.

It was a dumb move conquering the country - but conquering it and walking out again like Bush senior had done didn't really seem to work , did it? if you had left Saddam in power one day he would have got the supergun that he could hold the whole world to ransom with.

Don't any of you remember when Saddam hanged that young journalist from the Observer? He had no compassion and decency, one day he would have made your eyes water if you had left him there.