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Peter Jennings (who was voted yesterday as the most glum about Baghdad's fall - see drudge) said it was only a "small crowd" yesterday. Well, if you consider that is a city of 5-7 million people, yes, it was a VERY small crowd. But if you read what that Iraqi just said on the live-from-the-street interview, he WALKED 20 KILOMETERS JUST SO HE COULD FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON !! So it's quite possible that 6,999,750 people in Baghdad had NO IDEA that there was a party in the circle!! I had wished our guys hadn't helped bring the statue down so soon. I was soooo hoping they would drive through the streets with their loudspeakers, announcing that the statue would be coming down at "noon tomorrow, come one, come all" -- now THAT would have been a sight to see... hundreds of thousands of Iraqis in the circle to help/witness the statue coming down. (You know how they are, they don't believe it unless they see it with their own eyes, otherwise it's just a Hollywood production.)

there are many many statues of saddam for the baghdadis to bring down. his face is probably printed on every sheet of toilet paper in the country. there will be lots of opportunities for the locals to celebrate... and now they can see the pictures, they will be less fearful about displaying their sentiments. there is still evil afoot, and it's still a dangerous place, however. give our troops a few days and there will be millions in the street... hanging fedayeen from the lampposts.