The posts in this thread which argue either that the British or the Americans are better occupiers are extremely depressing. Some of these posts seem as if they were written by weird machines incapable of moral judgment. As they work out their banal definitions and "rational" equivalences - they remain immune to meaningful questions. Invading a country for its oil (not to mention blatantly lying about it) is contrary to the supposed principles of our modern democracies. The invasion of Iraq is a warcrime - it doesn't matter if the British or the Americans are better at it, more effecient, or more "professional". The war is unjustifiable and wrong.