"I cant see how a war to remove a dictator would cause this man to become a crook.."
that's exactly the problem ------------- you cannot see
You cannot see that war causes people to fall into habits that may not be legal or peaceful to survive
You cannot see that war traumatises people and they then behave differently than before - it's a life changing experience
You cannot see that someone being bombed out of their home, having their families and friends killed, mutilated, tortured and injured for life changes people
You cannot see that escaping from a nation in war does not reverse the psychological damage
You cannot see that unjust actions often create hate that will persist forever
You cannot see that John Howard - Australia Prime Minister was one of the major perpetrators of that completely unjust war and that if we were not the victors - John Howard would be very likely charged for war crimes
You cannot see that without Australia being in war in Iraq and the ME that almost no one there would even know we exist
You cannot see much at all, the truth be told -- but, we force you to vote
that is a logical process that I cannot see why the hell we make you
