Lilith. So hanging Saddam by his neck in Baghdad had the same strategic impact on the real War Against Terror as hanging Moussolini by his feet in Milan had on the real War against the Nazis. Specifically: little to none.

Sadly, the impact of Swingin’ Saddam was greatly muted by the much larger impact of the crackpot Left and the Democrats. Indeed, all the Arab thugs on the planet were quaking in their sheets when we first went into Iraq. Recall how quickly Quadaffi gave it all up. Others might have fallen in line, as well, had not the Left/Democrats made it supremely clear that they were going to have their “It’s Vietnam All Over Again” party, and would oppose, oppose, oppose and smear and smear and lie and lie about our affairs in Iraq.

By the time we got to Saddam, the rest of the Arab Thugocracy knew damn well they had nothing to fear because the Democrats were carrying the ball for them. How much does a strongman have to fear from a country when half the political class is calling its OWN soldiers murderers and criminals?

God, how they must laugh at our folly. Half the Senate ought to be put up against a wall.