I agree with Pprune Radar too many of the subject starting points get sidelined for pointless personal debates.
The issue here is that a war would put the industry back again. Dubbya and Blair seem to have an illusion that it would be quick to remove saddam, it won't. This for wannabies means that the effects may well be the same as the gulf war where recruitment was tough for quite a few years after.
I can also see that if the war does go ahead then more people will be pissed off with the west and, i hope I am wrong, but there may be more attacks on us the pilot fraturnity (via terrorist activity) which will drive people away more people from the market. Results as seen last year. Lets just hope that WWW is correct (as he has been) in predicting the U-turn in the job market.
War = Problems for wannabies because it would not be a quick one.
Just my thoughts
TS1