People in the coalition and in the streets of Iraq did not expect Saddam Hussein to be captured alive. Now that he has been captured in an apparently humiliating way, we see this rather tired old man with a long beard from his many days on the run. People are really surprised to see this man who set himself up for so many years as the strong man of this country, who ruled it with an iron fist - the supreme dictator - now reduced to hiding in a hole in the ground. This will definitely take the wind out of the sails of the Saddam dead enders still hoping for a return to power. This is exactly the image of Saddam that will reduce him from the most feared to the most despised in Iraqi eyes and the minds of the Muslim world.
A great day for the future of Iraq and her citizens.
It must gall Saddam supporters for people to go from fear to pity.