Alan I forgot to add one last point. The only country that had any reason to fear Iraq 2 years ago was also Israel. And Israel has always been keen to promote action against Iraq as a result. And to take it one bizarre, but true, step further, if you study the ethos of the evangelical christians who predominate in large slabs of USA and the US administration, you will find that they (including Bush) believe in such things as apocalypse, the second coming etc and the safety and last-minute conversion of Israel before the end of the world, and they therefore support and defend Israel. Absurd as that may sound as a reason, it forms a major part of some powerful people's thinking.

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