I've been thinking about this Iraq thing.

The big objection to the war was how Blair lied. But politicians lie all the time. The only reason we're not allowed to say they lie is because they have better lawyers than us.

So why did so many people want to keep Saddam in power? Why make an issue of this particular lie? Why do people want to see Iraq now degenerate into civil war which would probably draw in half a dozen other countries?

What I'd like to know is really what the objection to the war, to the continued occupation of Iraq is all about. The reasons we hear - that Iraqi's are killing our people, that the war was illegal, that there could have been a diplomatic solution - all seem somewhat vapid. It just seems to me that there's something deeper going on that we haven't heard about yet. I'm not talking about the oil thing. No-one who wanted Iraq's oil would object to the removal of Saddam Hussein.

So what is it? I really would like to know. Something just doesn't ring true, or deep enough.