It happened because the so-called "coalition" forces haven't got the remotest legitimate excuse for being where they now are. Not even CNN can cover up the farcical nature of the claims that "freedom" [belatedly] was the over-riding motive for the attack on Iraq. And now Bush and Bushie-tail Blair want the U.N. to remove sanctions forthwith! What those two cretins have done is to split the world into two camps. Blair is going frantic now seeing the rising inclination of European countries to form their own military alliance. What the hell did they expect? If they effectively nullify/ignore the mandate of the United Nations and antagonise several of their NATO partners in doing so , then a look in a mirror will advise them as to who the wreckers are in this world. The dead of the Two Towers have been basely dishonoured through the use of their deaths as an excuse for the expansion of US-British power. And the "British' part is a chimera; poor silly Tony-----