So far, this guy looks like the real deal. If so, I wish him luck. He's going to need it.
Who was he going to work with to overthrow a mass murderer, if not intelligence services? The Red Cross? Amnesty International? The Little Sisters of the Poor? How does one overthrow a hyper-violent, hyper-repressive regime? By peaceful means, or by violence? It is evident that the main problem with the CIA's earlier efforts is that they were insufficiently violent. Many more people died because we shrank from the violence necessary to overthrow Saddam than died from the violence that finally toppled his regime. May the moral equivalence crowd at Reuters put that in their pipe (or someplace else) and smoke it.
This is going to leave a mark on the left-wingers who hate the CIA and America.... here in America.
This is a good man, and he's very courageous. I think the Iraqi people are going to continue to respect him. I do know that so far they are very proud of him and the new president.
Why would he? Odd title.