LMAO!!
Same suprise here! I hope they keep this angle. I can't wait to see this statue pulled down (kinda like the improved ending to Return of the Jedi)!
With the 3-4 ft. accuracy we now have I was thinking we could take it out with inert ordnance. All of a sudden, right in front of the cameras, a loud 'THUNK' and the statue falls in a heap with the broken missile. I think a demonstration like that would freeze a lot of blood in Baghdad.
It would be a great slap in the face to Saddman too, if he's still breathing.