Pandora's box

The US quit Iraq this week. Partially. Of course, the official version is that the CPA transferred sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government. Saddam Hussein has been transferred to Iraqi legal custody but will be guarded by the US until the Iraqis find a way to hold him securely.

Which is a good way of saying that the US will make sure that Saddam never gets a chance to tell the world how the US tricked him, way back in 1990. Arrest someone, keep him locked away until he dies. Of natural causes or otherwise. Put out regular press statements to assure the world at large that he's OK. Poison his food, or water, or something. Slowly. Arrange visits from "neutral agencies".

Better still, hand him over to his own people after carefully selecting the new government and ensure that they have an American education, so that they know how to handle matters. Let them finish him. Then say "Oh whoopee! Didn't we tell you democracy works?"

Golly, playing superpower is fun, isn't it?