Anonymous McClatchy reporter: "Baghdad was better off under Saddam"

McClatchy's Baghdad bureau employs several Iraqis. They act act translators and drivers and help with writing articles. Some of them write blogs on McClatchy's web site. They usually write anonymously.

Yesterday one of them anonymously reflected on the changes in Baghdad since 2003.

"More than four years ago some of my friends and I agreed that what would happen might change Baghdad's face forever and I suggested driving through Baghdad's streets for the last time few days before the invasion started. Every one agreed and other friends brought a mini bus and invited other friends and it became more like tourist's tour. Today I am convinced that the last tour decision was the best decision at that time. Baghdad was not the perfect place and was not paradise but it was better than now."