How the Tables Have Turned...

Whether the Iraqi government can stablize Iraq and produce a viable democracy is anyone's guess. Whatever occurs, it's hard to argue some justice hasn't been done. As the NYTs reported, Saddam Hussein watched from prison as Jalal Talabani was sworn into the presidency today. Remember, Talabani's a Kurd, so there's something fitting and pleasantly ironic about seeing a Kurd become president of Iraq considering Hussein's campaign of extermination waged against them throughout the 1980s.