The U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003 did enormous damage to the image in the United States in Greece, as around the world.  Many HELADA members joined in the anti-war protests.  Brady Kiesling wrote an article in the New York Review of Books describing the scene in Athens then. In 2005, Greek anger has subsided, mostly because they see that America has paid hugely in lives and treasure for its arrogance.  Still, restoring Iraq to a state no worse than America found it in 2003 remains an unsolved political and moral problem.