"Then, we had one Saddam Hussein...Today, we have many Saddam Husseins"

[LynnTheDem]

"Before, people respected the traffic police, there was an organization, a state; today we have the smell, the shadow of a government," says Rikabi. "Before, people would go to restaurants until 2 a.m.; today their lives are full of fear.

"Then, we had one Saddam Hussein," concludes Rikabi. "Today, we have many Saddam Husseins."
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0320/p10s01-woiq.html


"Before the war, life was better because all Iraqis, including Kurds, shared the same enemy," television anchorwoman Sara Abdul Wahid, 36, from the Kurdish city of Dohuk, said of Saddam. "Now there is more than one and we can't differentiate between friend and foe."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL541735.htm

But hey, BUSH is optimistic about "progress"!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. the longer the war lasts, the longer his war powers last.

now that there are dozens of saddams, it makes Bush's position stronger - at least to non-historians and non-newspaper readers.

[LynnTheDem]

2. He can invade & "shock & awe" Iraq dozens more times.

Just keep backdoor-drafting Americans who were unfortunate enough to choose the US military for a career.