After Saddam

A lot of people have been asking me what's been happening here now that Saddam has been executed. You may find this surprising but the last few days have been extremely quiet. We were anticipating Iraqis to shoot their guns up in the air in celebratory fire but we saw none of it. Heck, the Iraqis made more noise when they won soccer games at the recent Asian Olympics.

Interesting story: an Iraqi lady who works in our offices was very anxious to see footage of Saddam as he was led to the gallows. I don't think she believed the news until she saw the images on the computer screen. When she did see them she raised her hands in the air and said, "Victory! My family has won. That man is dead and my father is still alive!" She was very excited that her father had survived the dictator's regime and was able to see it come to an end.