Gromit....you are quite correct, but just let us go back those 5or more years and remember why we went to war with Iraq.
Saddam had taken on Iran in a bloody war, using chemical warfare, twice invaded Kuwait, slaughtered the Kurds in Northern Iraq and there was the question of weapons of mass destruction..........and he had OIL. He would only allow the UN to inspect spasmodically, Iraq for these ?WMD..
I was sh.t scared then of Mr.Hussein and wanted rid of him.
The problem is that nobody gave any thought to running the country after the war.
I am also rather sick of hearing how many military personel have lost their lives and the pathetic and insincere condolances of all 3 Party leaders. Let us get this in perspective.....you join the forces knowing that you might have to go to war and for Christ's sake in War 2 nearly 50.000 died in Bomber Command alone.
We can leave Iraq to kill themselves, but it was the UN that put them in this situation and hence we should "tough it out"