Gareth, interestingly, you did not provide a simple YES or NO either. Having a complicated world sure is a bitch isn't it.

Your qualifier reads : "...providing the cost of moral armed intervention is less than the cost of non-intervention..."

EXACTLY my good man. Now, please try to understand that nobody is saying that Saddam in power is a good thing. I believe that everyone is debating whether the cost of intervention is less than the cost of non-intervention. It is so good to see that you finally understand.

Now, about me in 1999 - raised by hippies who were hippies before the word hippie was invented, I've been active (as in working with hands, feet, mind, pen, voice, and wallet - not just keyboard) in political and humanitarian causes since waaayyy before 1999.

Is the world satisfied?