How Saddam’s Statue Was Toppled
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 5th, 2011 5:49 am by HL
How Saddam’s Statue Was Toppled
New Yorker: The toppling of Saddam’s statue turned out to be emblematic of primarily one thing: the fact that American troops had taken the center of Baghdad. That was significant, but everything else the toppling was said to represent during repeated replays on television — victory for America, the end of the war, joy throughout Iraq — was a disservice to the truth. How did it happen?