[Eight Ace]

Originally Posted by Stammer

It wouldn't be any different, however if it had been proven that Iraq had WMDs, and Saddam was a key player/mastermind of the September 11th attacks then I think practically everyone in the country would have been for the war. But personally I don't feel the the Iraqi response would have been any different to our invasion.

Now maybe if the post-war planning was tip top and we had huge international aid then possibly things would have been vastly different.

yes I agree it would be just the same even if the coalition had the "moral high ground", also with this
kind of insurgency would it make any difference on the ground that everyone at home was for the war?

And if the post war planning was better and there was vast international aid,
would that just mean more attacks on civilians recieving that aid?

the conflict in Afghanistan has much more international support, but insurgents there are also
now adopting the methods used in Iraq (naturaly, as many of them are the same people), coalition
troops will become bogged down there as well.

Is it just too hard and costly to defeat an ememy who will destroy his own people and indeed
himself, to make sure any chance of democracy fails and his country remains a tribal battleground?