1 They have been helping or actually doing the fighting for months. See the Aussies blog Chenrtkoff??

2 About time. I wonder if they would have the courage to participate in these actions if America and its brothers were not there?

3 If America was not meddling in their internal affairs, Iraqis would have liberated themselves of President Hussein through their own machinations long ago.

4 Collin: True that.

5 Then why didnt they?

6 >>>Iraqis would have liberated themselves of President Hussein through their own machinations long ago." Amazing how clueless that statement is. They tried in '91, and Saddam slaughtered them.

7 Dear Carlos, Yes, with our authorization to use non-fixed wing aircraft.

8 Anwar and Colon Babler. Bedfellows with the same motives. At least Anwar is one of them. The putrid Babler isn't good enough to be one of anything. Reference its traitorous behavior.

9 >>>"Yes, with our authorization to use non-fixed wing aircraft." Colon, So if the Iraqi people couldn't shake off Saddam when he only used helicopters, what makes you think they could have shaken him off in the years previous, WHEN HE COULD HAVE USED HIS ENTIRE AIR FORCE. So you see, your statement (and Anwar's) that the Iraqi people could have rid themselves of Saddam without U.S. help is not ony wrong, it's pure fantasy. If left to you, they'd still be slaves.

10 April 13, 2005 Child Malnutrition in Iraq Doubles Let Them Eat Bombs By TERRY JONES London, England A report to the UN human rights commission in Geneva has concluded that Iraqi children were actually better off under Saddam Hussein than they are now. This, of course, comes as a bitter blow for all those of us who, like George Bush and Tony Blair, honestly believe that children thrive best when we drop bombs on them from a great height, destroy their cities and blow up hospitals, schools and power stations. It now appears that, far from improving the quality of life for Iraqi youngsters, the US-led military assault on Iraq has inexplicably doubled the number of children under five suffering from malnutrition. Under Saddam, about 4% of children under five were going hungry, whereas by the end of last year almost 8% were suffering. These results are even more disheartening for those of us in the Department of Making Things Better for Children in the Middle East By Military Force, since the previous attempts by Britain and America to improve the lot of Iraqi children also proved disappointing. For example, the policy of applying the most draconian sanctions in living memory totally failed to improve conditions. After they were imposed in 1990, the number of children under five who died increased by a factor of six. By 1995 something like half a million Iraqi children were dead as a result of our efforts to help them. A year later, Madeleine Albright, then the US ambassador to the United Nations, tried to put a brave face on it. When a TV interviewer remarked that more children had died in Iraq through sanctions than were killed in Hiroshima, Mrs Albright famously replied: "We think the price is worth it." But clearly George Bush didn't. So he hit on the idea of bombing them instead. And not just bombing, but capturing and torturing their fathers, humiliating their mothers, shooting at them from road blocks - but none of it seems to do any good. Iraqi children simply refuse to be better nourished, healthier and less inclined to die. It is truly baffling. And this is why we at the department are appealing to you - the general public - for ideas. If you can think of any other military techniques that we have so far failed to apply to the children of Iraq, please let us know as a matter of urgency. We assure you that, under our present leadership, there is no limit to the amount of money we are prepared to invest in a military solution to the problems of Iraqi children. In the UK there may now be 3.6 million children living below the poverty line, and 12.9 million in the US, with no prospect of either government finding any cash to change that. But surely this is a price worth paying, if it means that George Bush and Tony Blair can make any amount of money available for bombs, shells and bullets to improve the lives of Iraqi kids. You know it makes sense. Terry Jones is a film director, actor and Python. He is the author of Terry Jones's War on the War on Terror . Visit Jones' blog at: www.terry-jones.net

11 "Terry Jones is a film director, actor and Python" Great, political military advice from a man who dresses in drag for a living. What's next--a scathing critique by RuPaul?

12 I trust Terry Jones over the thieving weasels at 1600 any day.

13 "thieving weasels at 1600 any day" Not weasel, it's "chimp," remember? Stick to the party line!

14 deccles: Again do us the favor of not posting the long winded tirades of others. If you can't think and say for yourself, stay out of here. Moonbat.