] In the giddy spirit of the day, nothing could quite top
] the wish list bellowed out by one man in the throng of
] people greeting American troops from the 101st Airborne
] Division who marched into town today.
]
] What, the man was asked, did he hope to see now that the
] Baath Party had been driven from power in his town? What
] would the Americans bring?
]
] "Democracy," the man said, his voice rising to lift each
] word to greater prominence. "Whiskey. And sexy!"
]
] Around him, the crowd roared its approval. Yet when the
] first round of welcomes to American soldiers and
] journalists were exuberantly, even affectionately
] completed, the people in the crowd had a more urgent
] request than liquor. They wanted water.

Exuberant Crowd's Most Urgent Request: Water