I definitely give a s**t

That war has been an immeasurable disaster in terms of east/west relations and thus in terms of world peace (genuinely, world peace). It will take DECADES to undo the damage. And it was all totally pointless. All he did was get rid of one nasty piece of work dictator. There are dozens of those still in place all over the world. And the poor bastards who live in the artificial state called Iraq created by the Brits in the 1920s have swapped brutal dictatorship for occupation, anarchy, constant terrorism, and chaos.

And he did it, basically, because he wanted to be George's Number One buddy, reckoning that that was the most important thing for British interests.

It's hard to remember, but after 9/11 the world's sympathies were pretty much with the US and the invasion of Afghanistan was supported through the Arab world. All that goodwill was utterly destroyed by this pointless, stupid war on someone who had nothing to do with 9/11, had no WMD and was no threat to our interests. Now we've got Iran building nukes and the Taliban back in Afghanistan (where we're losing, and where we've lost the support of the Arab world).

What a total disaster.

So yes, I do rather give a s**t. Not that it makes any difference.

Posted By: Old Git, Jan 29, 11:32:35