Why is it I have this sneaking suspicion that 'offending Iraqis with Photoshopped Saddam' will turn out six months from now to be yet another 'millions of artifacts looted' or 'brutal Afghan winter?'

If nothing else, it's surprisingly racist. "Them little brown folks, they just ain't capable of rational thought or comprehending i-ern-y..." The spokesman quoted is playing into the western liberal guilt complex, and quite well, too. It's carping for the sake of carping; there's nothing substantial to complain about - no genocide, no concentration camps, no rape and pillage - so why not complain about being offended? After all, it is everyone's right never to have their beliefs challenged by anything, yes?