Anti-war and (as we have argued) anti-American protestors have been fortunate to be able to loudly express their disapproval of the decision of the United States, the United Kingdom, Austalia, Poland and others to go to war in Iraq. That right to dissent is something that has not been enjoyed by the Iraqis -- until now.
Emboldened by the sight of U.S. troops taking control of the capital, they not only dared to loot but also to celebrate Saddam's fall, to vandalize his image and to call him a criminal - offenses that just days or weeks ago could have brought arrest, imprisonment, torture, even death at the hands of the secret police.The protestors in the streets of Oakland and New York worked to deny the Iraqis the same rights that they enjoy. But now, because Bush and Blair had the guts to do what was right despite the carping of the Euroweenies, Socialists, Marxists and their useful idiots in the United States, the Baghdad streets are full of Iraqis expressing their profound disapproval of Saddam's murderous reign. Good for them.
