On Iraq, take a look at the following, and just spend a little time *thinking* about it
http://snipurl.com/99kt
All warfare is evil, paid soldiers have killed more civillians than have been murdered by terrorists. The US, and any nation engaging in warfare DOES do this. It's just that they also have the money, and a better control of the media you get to watch.
I'm not condoning the practices of desparate and frightened people, but I am trying to point out that there is NO moral highground that we can pretend to occupy. Any attempt to do so is outright hypocracy. If you want to feel better about it, then console yourself that you're probably on the winning team, but please don't try to justify the murder of thousands of innocent people, or try to make out that it's the 'right' thing to do.