You are perfectly right..but it is more to do with the recession...Obama will walk away from iraq and from afghanistan after secret understanding with the taliban and the completion of the elections there...

This is not the first time the West has walked away and taken unilateral action when it suits them...when will people ever learn..

Even now they have not admitted the WMD mistake...it was a pure and personal revenge on Saddam (not that he was a saint)....after using him against Iran in the Iran - Iraq war..

Problems already started and there is chaos in Iraq as never seen before. I just hope everything will go back to normal as it was before the US troops came in.

Something very weird is happening. Hari’s second comment was there yesterday, and now it’s gone... Dono what’s wrong, but it seems like something is down with the site, cz it’s happening to other people as well!!! :S

Or, ghosts are invading the place... Bhooooooo
LOL

Firstly, ill say im glad Sadam is gone even though i was appalled at the lack of dignity with his execution as i beleive any government sanctioned death penalty should be conducted with dignity and humanely a possible...the video of sadam dying was an attrocious one.....surely they could have taken the higer principle instead of behaving just the same as sadam did or base thugs.....its just the humane principles, of killing - like a pet that gets euthanased...execution must have standards...not people chanting and getting joy.

OK sadam was evil guy, and it would be great if Iraqis can get peace back and rule themselves again and then ill think the war wasnt in vain.....but the Iraq war unsettled me and i was against it from the beggining for a number of reasons....it was pre emptive aggression which was dishonourable, a country is innocent until proven guilty.....and the reasons for war were never proven ......I am greatly dissapointed about the inception of this war.

(even though its terrific if Iraq gets peace and the end justifies the means so to speak for their future)

But the precedent and grounds for this war disturb me greatly because pre emptive agression devoid of evidence is something not to be expected by upstanding champions in diplomacy in the world, who advocate rule of law freedom of rights and unauthoritarianism; things which i admire and love about where i live my govt etc.

Which means if the war wasnt conducted for the reasons given then it leaves open for presumptions and suspicions other motives and vested interests. eg did George W want to avenge his dads unfinished grudge and other such motives.

Its a very dangerous precedent in the world affairs, as now Russia moved into Goergia under similiar excuses and moral authority has been eroded for the cheapening practises of spin doctors and propagandists.

Pre emptive aggression must be used with utmost evidence and imminent threat lest its practise is degenerate like as hitler used it with propaganda for other objectives...poland etc and influence.

But Afghanistan war is legitimate self defense and logical and of good conscience.

Iraq war didnt have these same proprieties for a sound and functional legitimacy and it rests uneasy with me, when other powers like Russia eg or other big players decide to take the same methodology, and world opinion becomes permissive and cynical, and do not support the west anymore against other aggressors in the world ....always harking back and citing hypocrasy of iraq war....we must set the example of legitimate war.

The inception standards qualifying war in Iraq will hurt long term interests and popularity of the west, even if it produces a stable democracy, because people will be cynical of the motives of every other action of the west and we become distrusted.

thanks Wa’d....back at ya :)