I doubt you'd feel better off, Doug, if it had been your sons or your business that had been reduced to small bits. And I notice, as seen on TV daily, that there are a lot of Arabs saying "Thanks for getting Saddam outta here -- please leave!". I have no way of assessing how wide spread this is, or how wide spread the sense of benefit is, or the sense of resentment.

I believe the society in Iraq will be improved over time, but I think it is naive to say it is better today except for those who were in immediate peril and in prison.

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