Hang On To Saddam 2

The New York Times reports today, Friday, January 5, 2007, page A6, that, while the President has not seen it, the video of Saddam's hanging upset lawmakers in Washington. What surprise! The Iraqi government promptly hangs the dictator in an undignified, rushed and violent manner. The question really should not be the hanging but the surprise here. What should we have expected out of Iraq. I wonder what Iraqis think. Their government protested that nothing was amiss; maybe they really think so, after all, Saddam's government apparently acted the very same way.

The hanging should demonstrate to lawmakers that there is no precipice to withdraw from: Iraq fell long ago. The chaos only threatens to worsen and more US military will serve no useful purpose.

Already Washington spins the midterm elections. The message could not be clearer: Withdraw now. Lawmakers from both partys now see ethics, or taxes, or "change" as the message. What more must we do?

End the war now!