On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, S SHafer wrote: > [...] An effective rule of law would have also denied the insurgency > time and resources and prevented them from becoming as effective as they > have been. [snippage to detoppost] In particular more troops would have allowed us to secure the weapons depots which have fueled the insurgency. Given the WMD justification for the invasion, this failure to secure the depots strikes me as unconscionable.