I suppose what it boils down to is do the ends justify the means. We were sold the war on the idea of WMDs and the threat to our security. The ensuing political storm is proof that at least some people don't believe that. And if it eventually transpires that the public were misled, they will get to have their say at the ballot box, an opportunity thus far denied to Mr A. Rab in downtown Basra. But to say that the people of Iraq are somehow disadvantaged by having had Saddam removed is nonsense. The road to rehabilitation is different for every nation. It's important that this one isn't screwed up, because the opinion of the entire arab World rests on the outcome of how we (UK & US) handle the emerging melting pot of hatred and mis-trust.