[dogscoff]

Could someone please explain to me why they think what GWB did was bad? I mean as I see it, he ended a system of government that was both corrupt and a threat to continued world security.

He strated this war not to free the Iraqi ppl, but for his own purposes. Why do I believe this?

1> That was not the stated goal from the start. WMD were not even the stated purpose from the start.

2>after the fall of baghdad the coalition didn't seem to give a toss about restoring order. They did nothing to stop the looting and destruction of hospitals, universities, police stations, religious buildings, ministries (oh, except the ministry of oil, that one was well guarded). They had no-one to police the streets except combat troops with absolutely no training or experience of that kind of work. I've seen footage of coalition troops 'policing' Baghdad, and believe me it's not nice.

3> Too much of the rebuilding money is being funnelled towards Bush and his cronies via Halliburton et al. It stinks. Shouldn't all those Iraqi enginneers and contractors (The ones who did an astonishing job rebuilding after the '91 war) get the jobs? It's their country, their money and their economy.

you would say Sadaam was convicted of beating his wife, not simply suspected or threatening to do so.

The one thing ppl seem to have missed from this metaphor is that Saddam has been convicted by the legal system, put under parole and broken parole and everything else, which is fair enough, but then who goes and enforces the law? The police? No. The big, ugly, amphetamine freak down the road with the tattoos, collection of knuckledusters and (inexplicably) a slick British lawyer being used as a suppository.

What Saddom has to say during his interrogation could disrupt the governments of several countries... I doubt that France, Germany and Russia

I hope he also mentions who armed him to invade Iran back in the 80s... Bush and Blair are only too quick to take every opportunity to criticise him for "threatening his neighbours"

In summary:
Yes, he had to go, and yes, a war was probably the only way it was going to happen, but a honest, open war waged for the right reasons and with proper planning for what comes after.

But it's too late now, they've done it their way, and now they can deflect our attention away from the bits they don't want us to see, crow triumphantly over the rest and move onto the next one.