To deal with the thread question, wherever the truth of the alleged WMDs, it would be hard to argue that this war was anything other than one between grotesquely unequal forces. Legitimate homicide, one might say, except that it wasn't even legal. With hindsight the whole idea that he poseed any threat to the US and UK is laughable - as most of us had the foresight to see and say beforehand.

CarolC, I'm sure to have had a spat or two with you (I can't remember the details/subjects, but I seem to have got into spats with most mudcatters over the years), so I think I'm a fairly objective bystander, and I think you're winning this one hands down. Don't be bullied into going offline with it!