[CamB]

Yeah John - now that's a good question...

Further up:

1. Disposes of Saddam (actually minor)
2. Establishes a foothold in the middle east for the seed of democracy
3. By conducted our war on Arab soil, all the nut jobs come out of the wood work so we can but a bullet in their head, thus making the world a safer place.
4. We keep attacks out of the US
5. We keep the war out of the US
6. We beging to pull the carpet out from underneath OPEC decreasing their stranglehold on our economy.
7. WMD probably had nothing to do with it...

That pretty much sums up how the rest of the world is looking at the US and Iraq (if looking favourably and giving the benefit of the doubt).

And do you wonder why, on the basis of this list, there are so many people who are pissed off about the war? Promoting the USA above all others within your own borders is ok. Taking the battle to the world, with direct and indirect affects to other countries, is really really antagonistic.