Declaration of War

[GAsux]

First, I can't help but think that underground Saddam looks eerily like pre-haircut Sean Connery in "The Rock".

I've stopped watching the news because I'm tired of the overhype. At the same time, I'm sure I'll be just as quickly annoyed by the downplaying of it by people like Ranxer when he appears to claim that what we've seen is not a real Saddam, but rather a Terminator like Saddam replica who's sole purpose is destroying all opposition to Dubya.

Politically, in my opinion, it means shit. No one outside of Abeline, Texas is going to vote for Bush next November because they remember this day. They'll either vote for him because they think he's a great guy, or they'll vote against him because they think he's Satan. But they won't vote for him simiply because Saddam was captured on a fateful day in December.

I'm curious to see how things are going to pan out in the next few weeks. I disagree with the notion that Saddam played NO role in ongoing resistance, even if it was marginal. Just because he was FOUND on the farm house doesn't mean that's where he's been holed up for the past 9 months. Is it irrational to believe the possibility exists that he's been moving quite frequently, in and out of some places that perhaps had more sophistaced communications capabilities? Even if his existence offered nothing more than inspiration, a simple email, a call to arms passed by word of mouth, etc, it was still likely effective. Particularly amongst his most loyal supporters.

Regardless, in my opinion it's ridiculous at this point, some 24 hours after his capture to state unequivocially either way what impact it will have on Iraq. Quite frankly, I don't think anyone knows and I don't trust anyone who claims to.