martyr

As reported in today's New York Times:

"In the week since Saddam Hussein was hanged in an execution steeped in sectarian overtones, his public image in the Arab world, formerly that of a convicted dictator, has undergone a resurgence of admiration and awe."

"By standing up to the United States and its client government in Baghdad and dying with seeming dignity, Mr. Hussein appears to have been virtually cleansed of his past."

"admiration and awe"..."been virtually cleansed of his past"?!

We were wrong to invade. I believed it from the start. Now we have created a martyr and expanded the resulting huge sectarian gap. This can not continue!!