My memory may be wrong, but in the years prior the the "second Gulf war", the widespread view in the UK was that it was a shame and missed opportunity that things didn't continue to remove Saddam during the original Iraq conflict. Finally, the toppling of this tyrant was received very well in the UK.
I support our forces in Iraq but not the continued war. While they are there we should be proud of their skill and bravery but that doesn't mean they should be there. It seems to me that now it is proving costly in terms of lives of our men, we are all grateful that Tony Blair admitted it was right to depose Saddam because that way we can blame him and pretend we didn't initially support it. Most of us did, weapons of mass destruction or not - the same stance as Tony Blair. Saddam ordered the murder of thousands of his own people and his forces invaded peaceful Kuwait, do people forget the actions of this tyrant? Saddam was a master antagoniser and brought about his own downfall.
