West coast,
Exactly my point. Its nothing to do with Saddam, in or out of power. It's about the actions of our governments. The "fact" is that Blair and Bush ignored the UN, lied to their respective electorates, and invaded a sovereign country in 2003. Causing many civilian deaths in the process. Whatever happens in the Crimea, any criticism from our government (UK, Cameron voted with Blair in 2003) would be hypocritical. I'm not sure how Obama voted in the USA with the Bush "push for war", You may know. I just believe that UK and USA are probably not the best arbiters of respecting a nations territorial integrity.
Smudge