I could say money beong spent in Iraq is a good thing...but i wont cus it isnt. Major Lee, you fail to grasp that the profit your so keen about will be private profit in the main ...most going to non british taxpayers on a project bassicly paid for by the british taxpayer. You mention a rise in share prices pre Barcalona as if thats a good thing. Perhaps connsider that next time you fuel your car and frown at the price of it. A price not down to the shortage of supply of oil but purely down to future traders on stock exschanges who dont give a fig for the horrendes damage caused to a country`s economy.