THE war has started and will soon be over. The dictator Saddam will be gone.

Bush said that the war is to disarm Iraq and remove any chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. Once Iraq is subdued, he will have achieved this end.

But in the process, Bush has made billions of people mad at him. Like battling the Sorcerer's Apprentice, smashing one danger may only create tens, hundreds, thousands, millions more angry Muslims and Arabs.

The most important resource terrorists have is anger, and anger can only be created by their enemy. Without anger, terrorists do nothing.

If Bush is truthful that his aim is to avoid future terrorism, he must stop when he has won and completely turn over Iraq to the UN or other neutral body to aid them to become a democracy.

Bush should support Iraq's recovery with money only, not troops or administration.

TOM TROTTIER,

Ottawa,

Canada.