Originally Posted by Trollheart

To give you a non-American view (and I would have been 38 at the time) we all felt horrible obviously that it happened, there was an outpouring of sympathy and solidarity with the USA, but then once you went after Saddam that was totally lost, and we shrugged and said "The Americans are doing what they like and using this tragedy as an excuse, a blank cheque". And just like that, opinion turned against you.

Had you gone for Afghanistan, Pakistan or even (HAH!) Saudi Arabia, you would have had some support and understanding. But we all knew Iraq was nothing more than a) revenge on Saddam by Bush and b) a grab for oil. Bush wasted any sympathy he had once he made that decision and invaded a country the US were not at war with at the time. Blair just went along with it and paid the price. We all knew that WMD stuff was pure crap, but I guess from your side, when you're hurting you just want to lash out at anyone. Hell, if Bush had said we did it you'd have supported an invasion of Ireland!