From Steve Gilliard on his news blog:
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Iraqis can now say, with clear logic: you got Saddam, hell, you made him, now go. We no longer need you here. Thanks for the work, now go home. I don't think Viceroy Jerry quite gets that yet. The majority of the people killing Americans, would, if given the opportunity, would kill Saddam with their bare hands. They weren't setting IED's for Saddam yesterday, and they won't set them for him tomorrow. We are way, way past Saddam here. We have started blood feuds with the Sunni tribes, after killing their children, jailing their men, humiliating their women. The trigger happy ways of the 82nd ABN and the West Bank tactics of the 4 ID have made few friends and many, many enemies. The idea that the people of Samarra and Fallujah, places where Saddam's hand was heavy, fight for his return, is ludicrous. They fight Americans because we occupy their country. That is a central truth which eludes the generals, the politicians and the White House.
Like with the last stand of Uday and Qusay, the Iraqis were happy at the outcome, but the resistance only grew exponentially afterwards.
The capture of Saddam may end the war, may cause people to cease resistance, but I doubt it. I hope I'm wrong, but given the fact that they found Saddam in a freaking hole, I think we can say he's spent the last few months on the run and not running anything. All of the problems Iraq had yesterday, they have today. The issue of who runs the country remains. The Americans are swearing that his capture means he can't come back. Which is good. But, does that bring back the dead killed by American bullets? If it doesn't, the people who resist Americans still have a reason to, no matter how much we'd pretend it doesn't.
Link:
http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/