[Byron_the_Aussie]

...maybe it's different in Australia, but here, the Left is against the war, and removing Saddam Hussein....

Of course they are mate, and that's the problem.

Think back a year or two. The Euro Left were dispirited and issue-less. They had no answer to the success of right-wing candidates voted in on a wave of public concern over immigration. Hell, even Norway moved to the right! And now they are coalescing and rediscovering an identity around anti-war activism. It cannot be good for our side to take the focus off the main game of advancing the cause of conservatism- all for this silly Iraqi sideshow. You don't give an enemy as dangerous as the socialists a stick to beat you with. It's just that simple.

[MadIvan]

You're being silly. If George W. Bush pulls the plug on the war, then he will look weak, and it'll be President Hillary in 2004. As much of the world follows America in political trends, you want this to happen?

Given what we know about Saddam, he is not a person to trust with weapons of mass destruction either - he should have been killed off during the Gulf War.

Your logic is lacking. I don't know how or why you came to hold onto a militant anti-war position, but it defies reason and logic.

Oh by the way, the right is poised to win elections in Germany, just won on the Netherlands and Israel, and even Labour's lead over the Tories has dropped to just 4 points. So nothing of what you say is coming to pass.

Ivan

[NeonKnight]

The American Left is still dispirited and issueless. I mean Bush has the backing of a huge majority of the US population on this. Game, set, match!