Are you still here, fdsa2? Are you going to defend or attack the author's position?
1) I have already had the UN discussion - reconstruct or scrap it.
2) Ranting lefty? Probleme is it´s real easy to wave him of as a ranting lefty but if you look at his previous work at Storbrand and Concawe I am not as sure. He is an environmentalist for sure and I guess you could squeeze him in the defenition but lefty....?
http://web.mit.edu/cis/Bios/Siljeholm.html (his cv)
3) WMD/Iraq My personal view is that it´s a none-issue. The war is over, Saddam is out. I supported the ousting of him and that alone could justify the conflict. But to be perfectly honest I was and still am not certain of the WMD reasons given. I guess it does not make much sense but it was sort of the right war but for the wrong reason.