Raghad (Saddam's daughter) is in Jordan. I do not feel sorry for her. She may have been less a party to the disgusting acts, but she is part of the propaganda. With a lovely, freshly colored, hair-do, this women (who appeared to have dined regularly) attempted to tell us that Daddy was a nice man. The nasty traitors performed treasonous acts against Iraq. HA!

She has been living in her father's purposely-created vaccum. Even so, her father killed Raghad's children's father. You can say Saddam killed her husband, but that might have been a good thing for her. I doubt she chose her husband--more likely Saddam made the choice. Raghad's children may eventually resent their father's death at the hands of Saddam. Since this is the poster family of disfunctional families, it is possible that all the grandchildren will carry photos of dear, old Saddam close to their hearts. Or worse, there will be those who believe Saddam Hussein was a great man. I just want to believe that he is gone, dead, and his ability to control is ended (period.)

The troops are hot, tired; they'd like to go home. Their friends are being shot and a soldier can't tell who the enemy is. When threatened, they have a few seconds to decide...who, which, where. And yet, they are struggling to get the scum off the streets, without harming the innocent. It puts them at a grave disadvantage, but it's necessary. That's one tough job!

We're working on the security, the electricity, the water, the trash; and yes, the oil. At the moment, it's suspected the previous budget for Iraq had been $30B. The oil revenues may be close to $18B. We know that we will have to pay for lots of reconstruction and that may leave us with $12B, plus cost for reconstruction and military. It's more than your family, and my family (and a whole heaping lot of families together) will ever hear or discuss. We just don't think in terms of figures that high--of that much money! But, this is more than money. It's you...and us...and maybe a better world (if we're really lucky and work hard.)