Incase you not keeping tack here the US dont want to make Iraq the 51st state

Thousands might die because of One 'human' being.

Yeah and his name is Saddam not Bush.

As someone else as mentioned on this site is the death of the innocents that saddens me the most, whatever side their on.

The image is good, although I have some doubt on the hand's texture. More than a message, it seems to convey a statement. Very good work. -- @sickpuppy: I really don't think that a deliberate aggression upon a sovereign country could be blamed in any way on the assaulted country govt...

I just hope we are not on the brink of WW III. I know So Damn Insane needs to be taken out, but I think discrection is the angle that should be used here. If Saddam does have bio/chemical weapons, and or nucs, and he is attacked, what is to stop him from using them. Oh sure he may be lose the war, but the cost would be very high. And as a Canadian, I cannot trust in my government to do anything even remotley intelligent. After all we are held under the moronic fist of Cretien.

nice work...devisive subject...I like it alot!As for swidhelm and others in the great white north, what do you expect? you elected them and allowed them to stay in office, and since your government has effectively banned private ownership of firearms, and curtailed other rights,now you cant get them out of office!!!!funny how history repeats itself..

I agree with a previous comment made about the hand. I'd like to see a more realistic texture. The sky feels unbalnced to me - maybe because most of the space dust is on one side. As for the political statement: The US has a nasty habit of putting people in charge who later come back to bite the hand that feeds them. In some ways we (the US) helped to create him. I'm of two minds on this issue. One the one hand, I don't believe we can or should be everyone's keeper. On the other hand, Saddam really is a fruitcake and needs to go. I think we really should be more worried about North Korea. They have nukes and aren't afraid to drop them on Seattle.

Picturing is a nice way of protesting...This incoming war may lead to a WW III for the place it will begin. There are so many things behind this war, which many of people doesn't aware of. Oil is the most known reason. But if you go back to 1492, which is so called "conquest of the paradise" but should be changed to "genocide of millions", you'll discover the other side of the coin, settlements of Spanish Jews to America. These all are for ONE BIG JEWISH DREAM. The prophecies should be fulfilled for the coming of Jewish Messiah. In 1492, their first step of the prophecy, spreading of Jews to all around of the world had begun. The second prophecy was the return of Jews to holy lands which belongs to them. With the establishment of Israel in 1948, the second prophecy has been fulfilled. Now, the third and the last prophecy, which is the construction of Solomon Temple, is planning to be achieved. Building of the temple is a very critical situation for the place of the temple. Because there is Masjid-ul Aksa (a very holy masjid of muslims) in the place of temple. There is only one wall of the temple left today, and is used by Jews as "The Wall of Crying". Building of the temple is a very holy job for Jews. Did anyone think what a "Mason" is ? May there be something other than being a philanthropic organization ? In vocabulary, it means bricklayer. Why do they call themselves as Masons ? Did anyone think which bricks they are laying ? The bricks of Solomon Temple ? Here we come to a point...This is a very critic situation for Middle East lands. There is a Jewish Government, Israel, surrounded by Muslim Arabian countries. Isreal is playing with fire provoking U.S. on to Iraq and Arabian lands. According to the decisions of U.N. about Middle East, no country can have or produce nuclear-massive killing capacity weapons. No country has it (also Iraq, U.N. couldnt find any) but Israel ! Why ?? If the decision was made about Middle East, why Israel can have or produce them while others can not ? I tell you, this war hides many secrets behind it's veil called Oil. Oil is also another reason though. Big oil companies and weapon sellers will fill their cash boxes while innocent people are drowning in blood. This is against all humanity. There is a great possibility of leading to a WW III, and U.S. is lost in a dream of OIL and used by Israel. I am sad for mankind. I really am... And for the picture, composition is very nice. A little more work on the starfield and hand textures will make the picture great !