***WAR NEWS*** Amazing. This morning I watched something on CNN that I thought had the significance of when we watched the Berlin Wall torn apart by bare hands. A Couple of thousand Iraqis were in the main central square of Baghdad trying to topple a massive bronze statue of Saddam. Their rope snapped so they started beating the concrete base of it with mallets. In the end, they managed to talk a passing marine tank recovery vehicle into helping out. The marines got up there and attached a chain around Saddam's neck, and after a brief faux-pas with an American flag, put the Iraqi flag up there too. Then they pulled the statue over and the people in the square just flocked to it, pounding it with their feet. In Arab nations, I believe this is a supreme insult.
It seems even the Iraqi embassador to the UN has conceded defeat. He's quoted today as saying "The game is over. I hope the peace will prevail and the Iraqi people at the end of the day will have a peaceful life."
They've still not found those pesky chemical, biological or nuclear weapons though. So even though it seems to be a success so far - Iraqis in the streets cheering, no sign of Hussein etc, the entire premise for the war was still wrong.

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