Someone asked why there were no Iraqis stepping up to help the transition like Mandela did in South Africa. His reply was - Saddam Hussein killed anyone who might have had the potential to do this. Anyone who spoke out aganist Saddam's regime or tried to bring change to Iraq. Therefore, any "potential" Mandelas were killed. So he said - Mandela is dead - there are no Mandelas left in Iraq. I saw the press conference live the other day. I happen to have the news on at that time. This is not verbatum but it is the gist of his comments.

Unfortunately the media love to take things out of context. Whether you agree with someone's policies or not I find the press these days very annoying. Too bad there are very few real journalists out there anymore. All too often someone's personal feelings and politics creep into their reporting.

Just thought you would want to know the "whole story".