I don’t have much to say on Saddam’s recent capture, except that it’s obviously a major PR coup for the US. Clearly he wasn’t managing the resistance from that goat farm, so I don’t imagine his capture will have much of an impact on the military or political situation in country.
One aspect that does interest me is how and where Saddam will be put on trial. The US will dictate this, and they’re not particularly keen on the International Criminal Court or the UN. So, as this article indicates, he’s likely to be turned over to Iraqi authorities.
Other people have written more authoritatively and extensively on Saddam’s capture:
- VanderWoning confuses Saddam with another bearded historical figure.
- I don’t entirely agree with him, but Tony Pierce has an interesting perspective.
- Read an Iranian’s take on the capture.
Okay, a bit of editorializing. Has anybody else noticed that the US administration has, in the past few months, shifted the focus from capturing Osama Bin Laden and weapons of mass destruction to the humanitarian victory of liberating Iraq and removing Saddam from power? Given their failure to produce on the former fronts, that’s pretty good spin.
One other point to consider: The main reason the US went into Iraq was to thwart terrorism, right? Given the very few acts of terror perpetrated on US soil, and the continuing terrorist attacks on other nations, how will we judge the success of this tactic? I guess the US has a pretty easy criteria–if there isn’t another Sept. 11, then they’re in good shape.
DarrenBarefoot.com 
I wouldn say it’s a major PR coup for the Bush Administration, the same one who stole the election. *bites tongue, begins frothing*