* Between this and a certain scene in the upcoming Return of the King, by the end of the week the term “spider-hole” will have entered into the parlance of our times with a vengeance, no?
* It’s fascinating to see how while in hiding Saddam abadoned the Mustachioed Dictator’s Club for the Beared Dictator’s Club. Once in the company of Hitler, Stalin, Mugabe, Petain, Musharraf, and Franco, he’s now hanging around (metaphorically) with the likes of Khoemeini, Lenin, Omar, Arafat, and Castro. And now that I look at it again, doesn’t it seem like the hair on the top of his head is thinning a bit? Maybe he’ll join the combover club with Mao and Mussolini soon!
* I’m certainly glad not to find myself in the position where I have to explain why I opposed the course of action that allowed this to happen.