Moqtada, Moqtada, Moqtada!

I love what this video symbolizes. It shows the problems of the old times and the new in Iraq all in one culmination of homicide recorded on a cell phone. The Iraqis got to kill Saddam and couldn't even do it with any sense of dignity. Man, this place is headed for more rough times. I am no fan of Saddam but he looks like the only guy in the place with any balls. I had to laugh a bit when I heard the translation of all the background talk. One of the officials actually says, "Hey! Hey! Be quiet! We're trying to do an execution here!" Too surreal.

I GUESS WE WON...

Saddam's dead now. Rumsfeld's dead politically. Both arguably responsible for thousands of unnecessary deaths for their own ambitions. It just depends on the perspective one has. Nothing more or less. Both are considered great, visionary, hard-line heroes in certain circles as well.

Both figures have been discarded after their usefulness was no longer appropriate or necessary. Unfortunately, Saddam won't be on the lecture circuit after his stint of public service.