This is yet another thread that has multiple quotes, mostly stemming from the "Stop the War" coalition.
The wrongs and rights of the whole situation? I don't care. Why not? Because for any given situation, there are so many people who will for purely ideological reasons rush to put their weight of opinion against the United States (and to a lesser extent Britain), for no other reason than that they have made it their mission to do so.
Perhaps the US does things for self-interest. Name me one state that doesn't.
Some of the sources from Stop the War are really quite laughable. The Iranian government. The Libyan government.
At what point was Iran a peace loving, reasonable nation, whose statements are to be taken as the voice of moderation? Is this the same Iran that only a couple of years prior to the First Gulf War (which was apparently more American evil-ness) had only just finished a decade long war of attrition with that other peace-loving nation, Iraq.
You're taking on board the comments of the Libyan government? Hello? They're the enemy. All this "the Americans have bombed a school" is straight out of the first page of the dictator's handbook. Just like when Gadaffi said he'd stop attacking the rebel cities - and then steamed in all guns blazing a few hours later. That's on page 2 of the dictator's manual, by the way. Sound familiar? Of course, because we've seen it before from Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic.
On the depleted Uranium:
Please stop. It's inane nonsense.
Yeah, of course it's dangerous. It's a weapon. Sure , the UK and the United States have DU rounds in their tanks, helicopters and ships. That's because being liberal democracies, they are relatively open about it. I guarantee you that every modern armed forces on earth has the same weaponry, as well as Russia, Pakistan and most of the Middle East, and when they Middle Eastern states shoot this ammo at one another, it's not very sexy for Stop the War to start railing on them is it?
It wouldn't surprise me if Col. Gaddafi's forces are using the exact same ammunition to shoot at the rebels. But that's not very interesting for Stop the War, is it?
One more thing - these roadside bombs in A'Stan and Iraq that are the weapon of choice against British and American troops - what do you think they are made from? Russian 155mm rounds perhaps? Some of which will have DU sabots? So when the Taliban go detonating these things all over the shop (in their own country no less) who has a problem with that?