Says here 269 soldiers lost their lives in Iraq - I'd be interested to know how many of those were due to enemy fighting.

And the fact of the matter is that America doesn't have a right to force "change" on another country, but assisting Kuwait is a justifiable reason to intervenen in the Persian GUlf. Here there is no real justifiable reason other than the presumption that there are WMD in Iraq. That's it. We're going to war because we suppose someone is stockpiling weapons for a "over-in-a-second" war with Iraq, and we suspect them of being involved in acts of terrorism against America. What middle eastern country HASNT had dealings with suspected terrorists - I mean really. It just so happens that the man with the oil has gotta go. Which is funny. America will find a suitable puppet to replace Saddam, implant a occupational force, and we'll have ourselves all the oil we can handle.