Gareth (and other war supporters) - How much time did you spend worying about the poor oppressed Iraqi people in say...1997, or maybe 1999? This is a serious question - not rhetorical nor sarcastic. Perhaps I have misjudged the war supporters, and they have actually been fellow human rights advocates for years. I may be laboring under a mistaken impression because I have not recognized our local war supporters as people who have been active in local human rights groups.

If (as the polls seem to indicate), there are huge numbers of Brits and Americans who are concerned about the world's oppressed peoples, I hope they are putting their money and efforts where their mouths are - that would be great news to the people of the Congo, Burma, Liberia, and many others who continue to suffer oppression.

My only fear is that this neo-human-rights movement may see war as the only solution to oppression.