Damn near 4,000 Americans and probably a million Iraqis have died in George W Bush's Pyhrric victory in Iraq. No doubt there is a greater security and thus freedom in Baghdad and some other regions of the nation. Some children are back in school. Liquor stores are doing a thriving business and whores galore can be found walking the streets of ancient civilisation that invented writing.
One other new indicator of a free Iraq is the return of fighting with cocks. Up until this point AK-47's and Russian kalachnikofs have been the automatic weapons of choice. Homemade bombs of course were thespecialty and in some areas still are the favorite sport of Iraqis.
But soon all that may become passe' as peace starved Iraqis enjoy their new found social order by gathering by the hundreds in clandestine betting parlors to cheer and watch as roosters tear each other apart. One cockfighting arena is named Mission Accomplished!
