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Okay, Hussein is dead, so? Does this mean that we won't be reading headlines about the Iraq civil war tomorrow? Does this mean that Iraq families are more politically free? Are Iraqi women free to walk the streets safely? Hussein was a monster, but no worse than many leaders with whom the U.S. currently has amicable ties. And to give him credit, he managed to meld three groups who hate each other into a functioning government that held together through all the sanctions. I suspect that any Iraqi celebrations about his death is muted by fear about the future without someone like him as a leader. The world is a slightly nicer place with him dead, but is Iraq better off now than when he was leader? And more importantly, can it be made better off, or is is going to descend into a shattered nation like Afghanistan?
