I dislike war because people get killed and horribly. Women, chidren and infants get killed and maimed. It is awful.

Yet I think that Saddam cannot be trusted and that there is a good possiblity that has has some nasty weapons hidden away somewhere. Terrorism is nastier than war. You dont know who the enemy is even. Terrorists need to be wiped out without mercy.

There were the awful attacks on september 11 and perhaps not as well know but the atrocity in Bali where over 80 people killed and many more injured (mostly Australians). None of these people in the world trade centre or a nightclub in Bali were harming anyone.

Australian soldiers, airmen and sailors are there in the middle east fighting side by side with the US and Britain to ensure that Saddam is taken out of power. God bless them all.

One comment was highlighted when our Prime minister announced that Australian troops were going into active service.

A returned serviceman from WW 2 agreed that the time had come to stop flapping jaws and show strength. He remembered the lead up to WW2 and said that the situation was exactly the same.
History repeats itself and hopefully this action will prevent a greater nastier conflicy from occurring.