[theapportioner]

Granted this war is still days old, but now that things are starting to get shitty for the US and British militaries, the possibility increases that this will be a long conflict like, dare I say it, Vietnam. Before you nay say my pessimism, realize I am speaking hypothetically.

The risk that Saddam would become a martyr or an Islamic hero was always there, but the tenacity of Iraqi resistance shows that we underestimated his support. This support will only grow (like Osama's) if Saddam holds his own for an extended time, and/or eludes capture. It would be the greatest irony then, if the campaign to remove Saddam Hussein makes him the transcendent Islamic hero he's always wanted to be -- the next Saladin.

To those who say that the peace movement supports Saddam, you couldn't be more wrong.