The war has turned out pretty much as I thought it would - based on how it began 12 years ago. I think it
was the right thing to do, based purely on Saddam's violation of the Ts and Cs of the ceasefire in 1991. I regard it as unfinished business, now being attended to.
The UN has let the side down. It was the UN that forced a premature halt to the war in 1991 - a time when the Republican Guard could have been finished off because they were all out there in the desert - instead of being holed up and intermingled with civilians. Saddam would have been a much easier target then. It was the UN that caused the coalition to abandon the Iraqis in 1991, leaving many to face torture/execution while the allies packed their bags and went home. It was the UN which caused the prevarication that gave Saddam time to consolidate, and make the task for our armed forces more difficult by having to work in increasingly hot weather. And now the UN wants to run the show - when they were against a coalition presence in Iraq to begin with.


Mr. Toad, I think we are in agreement that there are no surprises regarding the Iraqi population's reaction to Saddam's demise. I saw the film of the man whacking Saddam's picture with his shoe. Did you see the last part in which another Iraqi man approached, and spat upon it?
Blitz! A while ago I said we'd be able to talk about it at the con, and that it might be all over by then. I wasn't
too far off the mark. Hehe, see you tomorrow! Don't forget your beer chest!

:)