Remember how we were “starving the Iraqi people” with the UN sanctions?

They’ve discovered warehouses full of food that Saddam was withholding from his people. He used it, as he used everything and everyone, as a weapon against them.

Remember how we were “starving the Iraqi people” with the UN sanctions?

They’ve discovered warehouses full of food that Saddam was withholding from his people. He used it, as he used everything and everyone, as a weapon against them.

…at the thought that many of these people truly believed that this day would never come–that the Iraqi people perhaps didn’t like Saddam, but they would never welcome the Evil Amerikkkans (TM) as liberators. They must have been sincere in such a belief, or they would never have set themselves up to look like the fools that they are.

Looking at pictures of weeping and cheering Iraqi men kissing pictures of George Bush has to be Nancy Pelosi and Tom Daschle’s (not to mention George Galloway, Michael Moore, and countless others) biggest nightmare come true.

Janeane Garofalo told O’Reilly that if this day came, she’d come back on the Factor and apologize. I hope Bill’s got a nice fricasee of crow on the burner, but I doubt if she’ll keep her word.

[Update at 4:11 PM PDT]

Someone at Free Republic dug up the transcript:

O’REILLY: If you are wrong? and if the United States – and they will, this is going to happen – goes in, liberates Iraq [with] people in the street, American flags, hugging our soldiers? you gonna apologize to George W. Bush?

GARAFALO [sic]: I would be so willing to say, “I’m sorry”. I hope to God that I can be made a buffoon of, that people will say, “You were wrong. You were a fatalist”. And I will go to the White House on my knees on cut glass and say, “Hey, you and Thomas Friedman were right? I shouldn’t have doubted you?”

Better strap on the knee pads, Buffoon.

John Cole has an interesting contrast, in a photo essay.

What Tim Blair said.

The Administration has declared a no-gloat zone, but it doesn’t apply here.

The mainstream media have not exactly covered themselves in glory. Regular readers have already read it, I’m sure, but for anyone new, I wrote this in the wake of the Afghanistan victory.

It wouldn’t have to be rewritten much to apply to this war. Better start gathering up bandages and contributing blood…errrr…printer’s ink.

That’s apparently one of the signs in Baghdad, aimed at the human shields.

I wonder if any of them are devoting some time to reflect, asking themselves, “Why do they hate us?”

The Palestinians are shocked and dismayed at the fall of Saddam’s regime. They never learn.

“This is a sad day for all the Arabs and Muslims, particularly the Palestinians,” said Nael al-Am, a 36-year-old grocery owner in Ramallah. He is one of the few merchants who still keep a large-size poster of the deposed Iraqi president. Friends describe him as a staunch supporter of Saddam.

“I invested a lot of money in buying a satellite dish and a new TV set because I wanted to watch the day the battle for Baghdad begins,” explained the bearded shopkeeper. “I was sure that this was going to be one of the great battles of the century, where an Arab army would inflict heavy losses on the invading crusaders. I feel as if a dagger has been stuck in my heart when I see American soldiers strolling in the heart of Baghdad.”

I guess there will be a lot less candy and ullulating in Gaza tonight than when the WTC fell.

They’re not all deluded, however.

“Sahhaf reminded me of [Egyptian radio propagandist] Ahmed Said, who during the 1967 war, told us that the Israeli warplanes were falling like flies,” said Abed al-Zamel, a 70-year-old retired schoolteacher from Silwad village near Ramallah. “Once again the Arabs have fallen victim to the lies of their leaders and media. We never learn from our mistakes. When the war erupted, I warned my sons not to watch Arab TV stations so they would not be disappointed and depressed when the truth eventually comes out.”

Time to start learning from your mistakes. Perhaps a free Iraqi people can teach you a few lessons.

If Saddam is still alive, I hope that he’s watching what’s happening. I wonder if he had any comprehension of how much he was despised by what he perceived to be his chattel?

Or if he cared?

So sayeth a moron at “Democratic” Underground. Others say that it’s being staged.

There are a few sensible souls there, though. Some manage to rejoice with the Iraqi people, despite their hatred of “the chimp.”