Speaking of celebrities in general, I think that they criticized things that are fashionable in Hollywood. It is easy for them to speak out on Darfur when in reality the situation the Sudan has been going on for a half a century. Iraq is no different. The Dixie Chicks and other pop stars minds are shallow when it comes to the history of the Middle East. Democracy will come slow for an area that was under Ottoman rule for centuries then came under a British mandate after World War I then under a monarchy followed by a dictatorship.