On TV here in NZ, several Iraqi immigrants/escapers said that they were going back to help with the reconstruction. Others said they were happy that the allies (the name fits) had invaded. One said, tellingly, that he could now express his pro-invasion feelings for the first time "because his family wouldn't suffer." Buying them a truck and truckful might be the most sensitive course.

I have wondered if anti-war protesters realise that they CAN protest because their forebears were willing to 'pick up the bundook' and make sure of it.      Chris.