Iraqi Depression

Zeyad is depressed at Saddam's capture and it's not because the dictator is no longer a threat; rather, it has to deal with the humiliation that Saddam experienced in his capture. Key:

The images were shocking. I couldn't make myself believe this was the same Saddam that slaughtered hundreds of thousands and plundered my country's wealth for decades. The humiliation I experienced was not out of nationalistic pride or Islamic notions of superiority or anything like that as some readers suggested. It was out of a feeling of impotence and helplessness. This was just one old disturbed man yet the whole country couldn't dispose of him. We needed a superpower from the other side of the ocean to come here and 'get him' for us.

I can't explain what Zeyad feels, for I haven't been ruled by a dictator for my entire life.