It seems likely that they would have been used by now had Saddam Hussein had the capability).

It is not about weapons of mass destruction (none have been used so far.

Saddam Hussein’s slaughter and ill treatment of those who rose up against him in 1991 but were abandoned by the Coalition of the time explains in part at least the poor welcome afforded the troops.

It is about embarrassment for not having removed Saddam Hussein in 1991 apparently because Bush Senior was afraid that a fundamentalist Islamic regime would take over and that would be worse than leaving Saddam in power.

It is about embarrassment (perhaps) that the USA funded and supported Saddam Hussein (even after the gassing of the Kurds).It has very little to do with Sep 11 – Osama Bin Laden is on record as despising Saddam Hussein.

It is about distracting attention from the fact that Osama Bin Laden has not been apprehended.It is about distracting attention from the state of the US economy – it has been on a slide since well before Sep 11 th.The war is about profits for US administration-related companies (Halliburton, etc.).Iraq has the second largest proven reserves of oil. The Bush government is not in favour of energy conservation or restraint to combat climate change (Kyoto) and thus is worried about securing ongoing oil supplies at a stage where most of the world’s great oil reserves have passed the stage of peak production.Thus, a number of points that may be taken as the editorial view of castlebar.ie We have been asked to outline our view of the war in Iraq.

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