is that to say that the cold war didn't end communism? I would argue (and so would many) that America's efforts to curb dictatorships and tyrants has saved amny many lives and is responsible for the way the world is today - meaning it would be a lot worse. Eastern Europe would not be free, South Koreans would be digging ditches for food like their northern counterparts, Russia would be in miserable shape.

There is a lot of facts some anti war activists refuse to admit. The use of force is justified when a people are oppressed. protestors ask for peace, but peace at whose cost? I believe it was a diplomat from East timor who wrote an Op Ed in the NYTimes questioning the antwar cause and the people who support it. War ended the suffereing his family and country endured and he stated Iraq is an open and shut case for military action. He said a friend of his from the Balkans commented on military action there by saying "you know, when the bombs started falling i felt liberated".

The Iraqi people will let the world know how they feel about the US when this is all over. Do you really think they will al be murdered by a carpet bombing campaign? I think not. I think they will be very happy the US dethroned Saddam Hussein. I just can't wait to hear what they have to say about the French.