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I agree that Saddam was a monster and the world is a better place with him in custody. What disturbs me is that at the very least this study implies that my government is willing to commit to war on hazy notions of wrongdoing and at most I was intentionally misled to by my government. I'm sorry, but I don't feel this was our war or we were threatened by Saddam's regime. I've heard the "stop policing the world" rhetoric for years and it was among a handful of positions that I gladly sided with conservatives on (though for different reasons). The way I see it is that we over extended what was within our rights to do for reasons that are less than clear. Like I said, I'm glad Saddam is gone but I am not someone who justifies means by ends and I, personally, can not support the means for our actions.
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"The courts that first rode the warhorse of virtual representation into battle on the res judicata front invested their steed with near-magical properties." ~27 F.3d 751
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