Here was the articulation of a question I have pondered in my head on several occasions. I wonder how it will play out.
Moment of truth in Iraq
"We have entered a moment of truth in Iraq. We are now going to get the answer to the big question I had before the war: Is Iraq the way it is because Saddam was the way he was? Or was Saddam the way he was because Iraq is the way it is - ungovernable except by an iron fist?"
Thomas Friedman in today's New York Times:
