Saddam Hussein’s capture will not resolve Iraqi quagmire

[RBHam]

Saddam Hussein’s capture will not resolve Iraqi quagmire
By the wsws Editorial Board

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/dec2003/sadd-d15.shtml
Excerpt:
The answer is clearly no: Saddam Hussein was not some mastermind coordinating attacks that have risen recently to the level of 55 a day across the entire territory of Iraq. He was a hunted individual, apparently moving from place to place and preoccupied with his own survival. US military sources noted that no communications equipment, even cell phones, were found with Hussein and two companions.

US officials declined to discuss how they learned of his whereabouts and whether anyone would claim a $25 million bounty on his head. There was some initial speculation that he may have been turned in by hostile elements within his own former ruling Baathist Party.

The tactical success in nabbing Hussein may have a short-term effect in bolstering the sagging prestige of the occupation. It is hardly, however, the basis for resolving the intractable problems besetting the US attempt to recolonize Iraq, or for that matter suppressing the growing nationalist resistance of the Iraqi people.

Curiously, in their breathless reports of Iraqi celebrations over Hussein’s fate, the US television networks repeatedly broadcast footage of two demonstrations in Baghdad. The first was that of supporters of the Iraqi Communist Party waving red flags emblazoned with the hammer and sickle, while the second was organized by a Shiite Muslim faction carrying portraits of ayatollahs. While both these tendencies have collaborated to one degree or another with the US occupation, neither seems a likely foundation for some new and stable US-backed regime.

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[Drifter]

1. Just another blip ...

on the chart that shows American Soldier dead. There is one for "Mission Accomplished" and "Bring'em On". Now we can add one for "Saddam Hussein Captured".

And like these other important milestones, not much will change.

Cheers
Drifter