I agree with some of the points you make Teribus,like the Kurdish population being victimised and discriminated against by Saddam, but Blair still lies by saying that the invasion helped infant mortality rates in Iraq.

When the invasion started,infant mortality rates were at an all time high due to the effect of UNSC sanctions on the community(not Saddam personally)
The rates continued to be high during the invasion and the insurrection, and have not yet dropped to the level achieved by the Saddam regime before sanctions.

Leaving facts aside, you must be aware that the guy is a dangerous egotistical nutter and a "liberal" of the very worst type....and I had been saying that long before the war in Iraq.

I simply cannot understand why you continue to support him, when you consider the status of women under the Shia dominated administration which we assisted in bringing to power.