Well, it seems that the upsurge in violence predicted as a result of Saddam's death is not happening. It's still miserable in Iraq (aside from "Kurdistan"), but no worse than it was.

I said earlier, not all Sunnis, by a long shot, wanted anything to do with Saddam.   Many Sunnis, as distinguished from Baathists--no matter what Teribus says--may well be relieved. After all, it takes away a plausible reason for mistreating them---no more fear by the Shiites of a coup to restore Saddam. And Maliki can point this out to Sadr.

Now the ball is definitely in Maliki's court--will he in fact start to purge the Shiite militias from the police? If not, he's squandered a great opportunity to defuse the insurgency.