Tom Freidman's latest editorial seems to define the challenges of the peace well. I especially appreciated his description of "Saddamism":

America was not just at war with Saddam, but with Saddamism: an entrenched Arab mind-set, born of years of colonialism and humiliation, that insists that upholding Arab dignity and nationalism by defying the West is more important than freedom, democracy and modernization.

By connecting this mindset with Saddam, he denigrates it, which is exactly how it should be treated (despite what Robert Fisk and Nicholas de Genova seem to believe).
- posted by Tom Sawyer @ 1:42 PM