While Tom makes a resonable point about sanctions
and their consequences and the reaction by at least some on the left he, as usual, ignores the position of at least some on the right regarding the Iraqi suffereing under sanction.
This was basically "F Them. It's sadaams fault they're dying".
But lo and behold, when the WMD deal fell through, we really invaded to rescue the Iraqi people from a monstrous dictator.
There are plenty of Crocodile tears and hypocrisy to go around.