Four thousand Americans died to empower this torturer. From a brilliant Washington Post piece:

What [Col. Faisal Ismail] Zobaie wants is for the U.S. military to hand over full control of

Fallujah. He believes Iraq’s current leaders are not strong enough.

Asked whether democracy could ever bloom here, he replied: “No

democracy in Iraq. Ever.”

“When the Americans leave the city,” he said, “I’ll be tougher with the people.”