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A * BANG *! No one wants to end their political career on a quiet footing. Uneventful, just, peaceful, uncharismatic, ruler is not what you want.

Blair is at the end of his reign. I'll be damned if it's not Bush's end. Chirac is at an end too along with the German Chancellor.
These four air the strongest and stubbonest opinions in the growing debate over Iraq?

And why not? So would you! If you are the French, your oil companies have invested billion in the past years since 1991 to get as much legal oil as possible out of poverty stricken Iraq. If US forces erect a new government, all your deals are bye bye.

On the other hand, Bush is using this to fuel his election. Patriotic wars win votes, oil deals for the next 50 years in Iraq can justify any war. This will secure all future economy in the US. Oil supply form 1/5 of the world's reserves. It also splits the opposing Europeans right down the middle. With France and Germany loosing allies like Spain and Britain.

British: a mixture. Showing she is still a force and a master of Europe. Oil enterprises in the middle east. Iraq is historically her responcibility. Blair going out with a historical footing.

the rest of us:

How does this war REALLY AFFECT us?

Iraq will sure be unable to attack us, if they were able anyway. That's a good thing surely.
Iraqi people suffer less in the long run. A better gov. more wealth no more sanctions. A definite good!
UN reputation diminished. Bad!
US doing what it wants... not so good.

So this war comes down to the fact that we don't like cocky Americans doing what they want to do. The war is a pure sense is good.
Say if it was fought by the French and the Germans, will their be such an public outrage?

Don't let the fact that you dislike America or Bush illude you from the goodness for Iraq.

But we also must realise that modifications must be made to UN.