Actually, Pan, I do think there was a need to remove Saddam (and logically Iraq was going to get the living crap blown out of it as a result). What I don't agree with is how almost EVERYTHING has been handled, before, during and after. I'm appalled by the reported reasons for the war, the reporting of the war, large sections of the execution of the war, the after effects, the ongoing crisis on the streets of the country, and the rebuilding efforts. It's all one huge clusterfuck and I doubt it will get better in the near future.

The peopel I generally don;t blame are the soldiers ont he ground, however. Because it is not their fault. The two groups of people who need a severe smacking are the politicians and also the morons who believe what they say and trot it out on forums such as this at the drop of a hat.