That was brilliant, wasn't it?
It's the new yardstick for brilliant.
It appears that these divisions and units are on their own, so naturally they'd resort to brutality; that's the way they treat their own people. This makes me more fearful that some renegade commander will unleash chemical weapons. Nobody's coordinating anything in Iraq.
Well, I thought it was an absolute certainty that Hussein would launch WMDs against our troops and Israel. Since he's dead, I'm cautiously less fearful.
I'm more fearful of the use of WMD, if Saddam is toast, (or marmalade) but the leadership vacumm could explain:
1) our rush to Baghdad
2) executed POW's on TV, to the detriment of Iraqi world opinion.
3) Rummy's insistent reminder "do not use WMD." He said today, "it's not Saddam who will push the WMD button." He's talking directly to the underlings.
It really seems obvious now. We know he's dead, and fear the crazies running the show now. Get there ASAP.