re: Bagdad's Republican Guard Bribed Before Invasion
Ah, the wide expanse of a full-fledged text input box tempts one to pen a thousand words, so exhilirating is it to be freed, finally, from the cramped confines of its niggardly predecessor, but I ramble...
More to the point, the newly-rich al Tikriti might well provide the latest testimonial to the age-old wisdom:If you can't lick 'em, join 'em.
Or, as Pogo might have put it,
The bribe is mightier than the sword
YoursTruly