Rajeev writes: "The Iraq invasion wasn't a brilliant idea in the first place, but I thought it was on balance a good thing because it opened up another front against Mohammedan fanaticism."
How can you say that Iraq war opened up another front against Mohammedan fanaticism? Saddam Hussein may be a cruel tyrant, but he was NOT an Islamic fundamentalist. Iraq, during Saddam Hussein did not have much links with Al-Qaeda. It was not the hotbed of Islamic extremism either. I want to write more, but I will write later - may be when your comment appears on your blogspot.
