Dead, but not Buried

It seems that Saddam's lynching (Riverbend link) is stirring up controversy. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the "execution" ends up causing more problems than it aimed to solve, especially if this rumor is true. (h/t Mike@Born at the Crest of the Empire)

There is a particularly good piece here by The Disillusioned Kid which finishes on the point that I think is crucial but is being largely ignored in the mainstream.....

Executing Saddam has also got all those people who helped him off the hook. We've managed to avoid any embarrassing incidents with Donald Rumsfeld being called to testify on his visit to Saddam in 1983; or Douglas Hurd being quizzed on his trip to Iraq to sell missile systems in 1981. Our own culpability in his reign of terror, to say nothing of our subsequent campaign of state terrorism and siege warfare against the country from 1991 onwards can be quietly pushed to one side. The Bad Man is dead. What are you loooking at us for?

And while I'm being lazy and linking everyone else's work, be sure to read this excellent post on why U.S. policies continue to fail in Iraq. He doesn't do these longer posts often, but when he does, they are quite good.

That is it for me tonight. Like I said......LAZY.