April 8, 2003
Today, the US begins control of Baghdad. No sign of Saddam anywhere. I found it disturbing that Americans were destroying Saddam?s pictures/monuments. I was hoping that we could leave those things to the Iraqis themselves. There?s nothing like blowing up a symbol of dominance. It releases the soul.

Iraqis were gathering around a big statue. Maybe they will destroy it with their hands. More likely, they will ask a tank to pull it down. An American tank. What type of symbolism does that send? That we will help all that are oppressed by dictators? Or does it have to be a dictator that has mass weapons of destruction. I am still confused by our American policy on foreign affairs.