Dec 15, 2003 00:00
A disheveled, disoriented, delusional mole poked up from the ground and wrinkled its eyebrows.
"I am Saddam Hussein. I am the president of Iraq. I am willing to negotiate."*
One soldier managed to crawl out from the quicksand of shock and gave this ordeal its first catch phrase.
"President Bush sends his regards."**
And in fact, he did.
"Good riddance. The world is better off without you, Mr. Saddam Hussein. And I find it very interesting that when the heat got on you dug yourself a hole and you crawled in it. And our brave troops, combined with good intelligence, found you. And you'll be brought to justice, something you did not afford the people you brutalized in your own country."
(*Some transcripts read, "I want to negotiate.")
(**Some transcripts read, "We send [or bring] you regards from President Bush.)