[Phantom Lord]

"Bush told us we had to go to war because Iraq played a part in the destruction of the twin towers,

President Bush NEVER said that.

because Saddam Hussein had WMD (weapons of mass destruction),

He did. Bill Clinton said so. Algore said so. John Kerry said so. Ted Kennedy said so. France said so. Russia said so. The UN said so.

because there were connections between him and al-Qaeda", he said.

There were.

The removal of Saddam's regime had not brought stability to Iraq and "11 000 plus Iraqi citizens have been killed," Berg said.

Using Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International numbers, fewer people have died during and after the liberation of Iraq than would have died had Saddam remained in power during that same time frame.

Don't forget, the organizations wanted the sanctions lifted because they claimed that over ONE MILLION people had been killed by the sanctions. So, again, using THEIR NUMBERS, the liberation of Iraq, even with all of those killed has SAVED at least one hundred thousand lives.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Don't forget, the organizations wanted the sanctions lifted because they claimed that over ONE MILLION people had been killed by the sanctions. So, again, using THEIR NUMBERS, the liberation of Iraq, even with all of those killed has SAVED at least one hundred thousand lives."

I've made this point myself, and it needs to be repeated: before the war, the left was saying that sanctions were killing 5,000 Iraqis a month. Now, either they were lying, or the war has already - using their own figures - saved at least 50,000 lives.