[Cicero]

Surprisingly good article from the BBC. They must be running in fear of their lives after the suicide scandal.

It would be hard to overestimate the dismal effect that the ending of the first Gulf War had on Iraqis. It taught them the lesson that Americans couldn't be trusted, that they had no staying power, that Saddam could wait them out and then get his vengeance on anyone who cooperated with the Americans.

It's probably obvious to most of us that this Iraqi war was not like the last one, and that Bush Jr. is not like his father. But it may not have been obvious to the Iraqis. Therefore the killing of the Hussein brothers will have a tremendous effect on changing the thinking of ordinary Iraqis, as well as the Baathists who may have been hoping for a return to power.

[Thud]

I agree.

"Surprisingly good article from the BBC. They must be running in fear of their lives after the suicide scandal."

[livius]

They must be running in fear of their lives after the suicide scandal.

That's what I thought too. Scared into telling the truth (for an hour or two, at least)!