Ah, for the days when conservatives boasted of Baghdad avenues named after the glorious George W. Bush. This is the scene in the Iraqi capitol today, in protest
“„Followers of a Shiite cleric on Friday stomped on and burned an effigy of in the same central Baghdad square where Iraqis beat a toppled statue of with their sandals five years earlier.
“„Chanting and , thousands of ‘s followers filled Firdous Square to protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact that would allow American troops to stay for three more years. The Bush effigy was placed on the same pedestal where U.S. Marines toppled the ousted dictator’s statue in one of the iconic images of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.