Take a quick review of Arab reactions to the fall of Baghdad. It kills me that they can't see beyond their misgivings, some of which are legitimate, to just be happy for the Iraqis, finally freed from 35 years of evil brutality.

Note how Syrian TV didn't show any footage of statues being toppled. For those of you unfamiliar with life in Syria, statues of Hafez Al-Assad and now his son are everywhere. They don't want to give the Syrian populace any ideas... ;-)