[mac5732]

Everyone keeps watching Iraq well IMHO only, the real country to watch, which again IMHO is a lot more radical, deadly, and better trained and armed is North Korea. And they are a lot more capable of using mass destruction weapons, bio, chemical, a-bomb, then even Saddam. Their country is even more repressive then Iraq. They are by far the more dangerous of the two countries.

In regards to who helped who, who backed who, etc, at this point is mute. Everyone makes mistakes even the US when they decide to back a specific leader/country. Remember at one time we backed and supported Castro and look where that led. So in conclusion, All countries make mistakes and one never knows how it will eventually turn out. The problem now is, how to undo what was done.

Is France at fault, sure, is the US at fault, yep, is the UN at fault, yep again. Saddam should have been dealt with years ago even before Desert Storm. The UN is a paper pussy cat who can't enforce or fails to enforce its own resolutions.

My 2 cents, I hope I didn't offend anyone, don't mean to, just IMHO

just some ideas Mac