Reply #46: Uh yeah that was the point

[Djinn]

what Clinton did or didn't do isn't totally relevant - had there been a Dem pres in after the WTC bombing then they would have had to go a wee bit draconian as well (hopefully not as badly) as the wail of the ill informed was always going to get to operatic levels after an attack on US soil.

As for Iraq I get my info from Iraqi friends with family still there and the development charities I used to work for and the amount of people who want you to stay is minute - it's not even mainly about the schools/hospitals/security etc - obvioulsy that's a factor but most people expect those problems post war and frankly after ten years of sanctions it's not like the hospitals were in good nick prior to Gulf War redux (as opposed to the standards pre Gulf War 1) the main issue for most people is the theft of their nations resources and the installation of a puppet government that few beleive will make way for elections and the ineveitable ongoing US presence in Iraq.