Absolutely no offence taken, Catlin! I surely agree that Saddam Hussein's dictatorship hasn't done any good to Iraqi people. I would be completely blind and downright stupid if I said the contrary. I was only saying that the blockade has killed the most feeble part of the population and you know that when people is in strong distress, is more apt to allow a dictator to maintain and strenghten his power. On my part, I have Iraqi friends that live in Italy and are here because they hate Hussein's regime and escaped from the cruelties of it, but that feel deeply offended by this invasion. So, maybe the matter is more complex than this. For sure I believe that freedom can't come by way of 18 days of air-bombing a six million metropolis, and that "humanitarian war" is an oxymoron. I agree with you: no one knows the right move to make after this started, myself included. And of course we can all still be friends. I don't see a single reason not to be. We're not throwing insults at each other, here, and I think we all agree that the loss of human lives is the most important thing of all. I know that many people here have relatives or friends who're fighting right now, and my thoughts are with them. Maybe this is not the right place to discuss such things, even if I feel that an artists' community is the right place. Let's see what the others Bryce Forum people think about it: if you think we should take this discussion somewhere else, I'd be glad to behave accordingly and to continue it privately. But maybe, in doing so, we'll lose a precious opportunity to reason and discuss among sensitive persons (because I firmly believe that sensitivity is the key when you do art of any form, hobbyist or professional doesn't matter). Stefano