WHAT THE IRAQIS THINK

This AFP article has a couple of revealing quotes from the locals:

On the streets of Baghdad, fear of Saddam's hated secret police has been replaced by a new terror. In the United States, the war is deeply unpopular and has emerged as one of the key factors in this year's presidential elections.

Majeed Hameed, a gift shop owner in Baghdad's northern Antar Square, said the American tanks rolling on the streets of Baghdad are now seen as "enemy" forces.

"We can't describe how savage these barbarians are whose promises were false and full of lies. They came to occupy and cause destruction. We got nothing but disaster," said Hameed.

Basim Atia, an unemployed man living in Karrada district of central Baghdad, described the toppling of Saddam as a "black day" in the history of Iraq.

"On that day, all our values were turned upside down. Today we see only killing and sectarianism, and scientists and doctors are fleeing the country."