Tuesday, December 16, 2003

Make no mistake about it: Guardian is predicting that resistance will grow. The biggest impact of Saddam's capture may be here on the ground of the US, and not in Iraq. Even the Washington Post agrees. Rober Fisk has another wise piece along the same lines. I have always thought that Iraqi Ba`thists OUT of power can be as lethal and as scary. With Saddam in US custoday, the Iraqi Ba`thists will even feel less restrained (by Saddam's calculations of power preservations). Arab media (and even Nightline) reported the appearance for the first time of armed gangs and demonstrators shooting at police. They are now appearing in full force in Ramadi and Falujah, among other places.