I dont know, to me the whole thing was kinda surreal. I get in the truck at 6:30 in the morning, start things up and turn on the radio. Whats this, Saddam was found in a whole in the ground with narry a bodyguard to protect him? Strang things to think about when you only have ski’s to keep you company. Well, and the snow, but snow isnt quite as talkative as ski’s, and there is just so much of it.

I made the mistake of reading the talk-back section on BBConline about it—the international response is, er, varied. It seems to me that while the most legal and responsible course to take would be to put him on trial in an international tribunal (see Hague, The), the Iraqi people are only going to get less content and happy if he isn’t tried there.

Also, everyone keeps claiming this will make it easier for Bush to get re-elected (I myself think/hope that will depend heavily on whether they get him to say he had WMDs or not.)

Also, the fact that the U.S. and the oilristocracy in particular (Bushes of all types) supported Hussein during the Iran/Iraq war - the war which is one of the major sources of international charges against Hussein - is troubling and likely to undercut the “moral high ground” Bush likes to claim he stands on.

I think the U.S. needs to decide whether its foreign policy is based on economic expediency or moral reasoning, stop trying to do both, and apologize for whichever one it abandons. The hypocrisy is not only sickening, but ultimately destabilizing and dangerous.