Ha Ha, thanks for the early morning laugh, Poke. The 'Today' show interviewed the Marine that put the flag on the statue. He said that the reason they took it down was because they weren't taking over Iraq;they instead put up an Iraqui flag so the people could feel like it was 'their' country now.Ha! If they hated Hussein so bad why didn't they all just go jump his ass? I'm sure that the whole pissed off country could take a few bodyguards.