tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post113684736829464492..comments2023-10-16T15:59:02.445+01:00Comments on NEIL HARDING: Iraq.Neil Hardinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01333739272733802133noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post-1136859777956090332006-01-10T02:22:00.000+00:002006-01-10T02:22:00.000+00:00Much as its good news that Saddam has been removed...Much as its good news that Saddam has been removed and some form of democracy might be established in Iraq, I can't really see what the principle was.<BR/><BR/>There are dozens of regimes like Saddams out there, are we going to now spend 3.6 billion pounds and lose hundreds of troops lives on each one?<BR/><BR/>Of course we aren't, because there is no strategic importance to these places, no US ally to support and most importantly of all, no oil to compensate us.Neil Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333739272733802133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14115431.post-1136851862580420042006-01-10T00:11:00.000+00:002006-01-10T00:11:00.000+00:00Who can possibly say either way?Important it may b...Who can possibly say either way?<BR/><BR/>Important it may be in some ways, discussion of death tolls is a distraction from the principles involved, and from mundane issues like building a new nation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376621599111523024noreply@blogger.com