Well fuck me side ways. Have just spent half an hour on a considered dissertation on the state of the world vis a vis the war, and then I go and lose it all by checking how to spell fucking al qifuckingeda and lost the lot. Bastard.
Anyway summary.
War good or bad? Don't know. Good for Iraqi people, except for the ones that got blown up. Bad for world stability.
Americans could save the situation by doing what they say they are doing and truly liberate Iraq by handing it back to them as soon as poss.
They won't, though. And if the name Ahmed Chalabi crops up in the next few weeks, we can be sure the anti Americans got it right and the Project for the New American Century is well under way.