[the ikara cult]

not wanting to get into this arguement again, because its been done on here, but before you explain the war, i would explain Saddam first. It would be wrong to not tell a young person about the Kurds and Halabja, and all the rest when explaining the arguements for and against the military action/war/liberation/occupation/intervention whichever word you feel is appropriate. It would also be wrong to ignore the role the US had in supporting Saddam in the eighties. The most important thing with young people isnt to be "balanced" but to explain the facts and try your best to not let on what you really think, because young people are incisive when it comes to detecting what you think, theyve just spent a decade being dictated to in the school system after all.

As far as endings go, it seems all the time that Afghanistan might be the one that goes on for an eternity, we're 8 and a half years into that country and whilst things have got better, the progress is so slow compared to Iraq.