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Friday, January 02, 2004
A happy new even, leap and election year to all of you, or at least to my fistful of readers. A belated expansion on my December 15th post, in which I happily marked the live capture of Saddam Hussein by US troops. This is for some of you smart-asses out there who thought I was turning reactionary. I wasn't and I ain't. My disgust with the war and the administration that ordered it and continues to bungle its aftermath remains. Instead, I was honestly describing my emotional reaction to news of Hussein's capture. Do I really need to justify my satisfaction at seeing the humiliating capture of this mass murderer? Added to which was the sense that, at last, we did something right, the manhunts and intelligence-gathering actually and finally worked, and that this might possibly indicate a turning point in the US-occupation of Iraq, hastening the stabilization of the country around a less-insane government as well as the return of our troops. Apparently now all wishful thinking on my part, as stinking reality sets in, and the insurgency attacks continue at about the same pace as B.C. (Before Capture). Was I really dumb enough to think Hussein behind bars would quiet things in Iraq? Maybe so....But it's amazing how elated a person can feel first thing on a Sunday morning in December in a small Tennessee town. |
