Saddam captured
- Thread starter Cosine
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Come on. Even leaders say it's time to stop. http://apnews.excite.com/article/20031214/D7VDVGV82.htmlCosine said:
It'll be interesting to see how much, or even if, the Americans allow him to talk. The rest of the captured Iraqi leadership has never been accessed by the press. Ah, what stories they could probably tell about past dealings with the western powers! Seems they're gonna be locked up and shut up and we'll none of us be the wiser for it. 
jwm
jwm
Seems to me they had years of speaking publicly.jwmorrice said:It'll be interesting to see how much, or even if, the Americans allow him to talk. The rest of the captured Iraqi leadership has never been accessed by the press. Ah, what stories they could probably tell about past dealings with the western powers! Seems they're gonna be locked up and shut up and we'll none of us be the wiser for it.
jwm
Come on ALL bullshit aside...
This is the BEST news!!
What a wonderful thing to wake up to!
Finally, that SICK, dirty, bloated crazy fuck is captured! Now, if they can only catch that Crazy towel-head OSAMA...
I hope not to offend anyone, but this is just IMHO...
This is the BEST news!!
What a wonderful thing to wake up to!
Finally, that SICK, dirty, bloated crazy fuck is captured! Now, if they can only catch that Crazy towel-head OSAMA...
I hope not to offend anyone, but this is just IMHO...
Saddam challenged Bush to an international televised debate before the war but Bush wouldn't go for it. Saddam would've smoked that mental midget. I guess too many (ex) Republicans would be implicated of war crimes.jwmorrice said:It'll be interesting to see how much, or even if, the Americans allow him to talk. The rest of the captured Iraqi leadership has never been accessed by the press. Ah, what stories they could probably tell about past dealings with the western powers! Seems they're gonna be locked up and shut up and we'll none of us be the wiser for it.
jwm
What I would like to know, is, what’s the difference between the Republican administration and Saddam Hussein's regime? For the life of me I can't figure that out. Okay, it's a matter of degree, but it's a slippery slope.
is anyone else totally stunned they took him alive? I mean how many people in that regime went down in firefights (including his sons) and the leader wont go down with a fight? the media definately spun him to seem a lot tougher then he was as a person. not to mention the shock that US military officers showed restraint when face to face with their own personal satan. thats interesting to me.
Zydeco,
If I sold Saddam chemical weapons knowing what he was going to do with them (duh!!) am I not just as bad as he is? Please explain to me the real difference in moral relativity.
PS - I think some Americans think they are in the right by virtue of being American.
Is it? If I handed you a gun knowing that you were going to kill someone with it, am I not just as bad as you? Does it matter if I walked away and turned a blind eye to what you were about to do?
If I sold Saddam chemical weapons knowing what he was going to do with them (duh!!) am I not just as bad as he is? Please explain to me the real difference in moral relativity.
PS - I think some Americans think they are in the right by virtue of being American.
Re: Great news, but....
Face it solid intelligence and vigilane by the colotion forces led to his capture. This was accomplished with George Bush as the Commander and Chief. Credit goes to him, his staff and all the brave men and women involved in this action. The cirizens of Iraq deserve the peace we pary is comming.
I can't wait for Hillery to tell the world how she talked him into surrendering to US troups.Ross said:
Face it solid intelligence and vigilane by the colotion forces led to his capture. This was accomplished with George Bush as the Commander and Chief. Credit goes to him, his staff and all the brave men and women involved in this action. The cirizens of Iraq deserve the peace we pary is comming.
As I sit here and wonder what BUSH had to do with sales to Iraq of chemical weapons. I can't imangine why people want to distort truths.
With this good news, I think it will be a waste of money and time to hold a 2004 election. No matter who dislikes Bush, he will get another four years in office.
Amber
Amber
Yes, there is a difference between handing someone a gun that they "may" use to kill someone and actually pulling the trigger. The judicial system sees the difference, I don't know why you can't.
You seem to be referring to the fact that the USA provided Saddam with weapons, which he then used to murder his own people. Well, sorry to shake you out of the utopia-tree but the world is not one of absolutes. There are times when nations must deal with the lesser of two evils - and Iraq in the 1980s was it.
To compare the current Bush administration to Saddam's regime is either a joke on your part or a matter of extreme ignorance. Saddam's goons routinely tortured and murdered Iraqi citizens; if you think this is the road the Bush administration is on then you're obviously a conspiracy-freak and there's nothing else I have to say to you. To think that the US gov't could embark on a path that would lead them to the systematic extermination of Americans (re: Kurds in the north of Iraq) is ludicrous. The western world has come a long way since WWII and the extermination of a nation's own people is one thing the western world will not allow itself to do.
Don't get me wrong, I have no love for Bush. But I have no love for conspiracists and moral extremists who live in a fantasy world. Saddam will likely be tried in an international court (probably the Hague) by the international community. I would find it very difficult to believe that the Iraqi people would be allowed to try him for his crimes - the risk of keeping him in Iraq is far too great.
You seem to be referring to the fact that the USA provided Saddam with weapons, which he then used to murder his own people. Well, sorry to shake you out of the utopia-tree but the world is not one of absolutes. There are times when nations must deal with the lesser of two evils - and Iraq in the 1980s was it.
To compare the current Bush administration to Saddam's regime is either a joke on your part or a matter of extreme ignorance. Saddam's goons routinely tortured and murdered Iraqi citizens; if you think this is the road the Bush administration is on then you're obviously a conspiracy-freak and there's nothing else I have to say to you. To think that the US gov't could embark on a path that would lead them to the systematic extermination of Americans (re: Kurds in the north of Iraq) is ludicrous. The western world has come a long way since WWII and the extermination of a nation's own people is one thing the western world will not allow itself to do.
Don't get me wrong, I have no love for Bush. But I have no love for conspiracists and moral extremists who live in a fantasy world. Saddam will likely be tried in an international court (probably the Hague) by the international community. I would find it very difficult to believe that the Iraqi people would be allowed to try him for his crimes - the risk of keeping him in Iraq is far too great.
This coming from the same person who suggested Hillary Clinton would attempt to take full credit for his capture. Good stuff.papasmerf said:
Re: Re: Great news, but....
Call me goofy, but something tells me that if we went into Afghanistan with the force we went into Iraq with, and spent $160 billion chasing the right guy, we'd be closer to catching him rather than where we're at now. I guess if you can't get the guy you need, then go after the guy you can get.
So at the cost of 450 Americans (and counting) and $160 Billion (and counting) we got the guy who fantasized about killing thousands of Americans but seemed to know better than to try. Meanwhile, the guy who actually did it is walking around a free man.papasmerf said:
Call me goofy, but something tells me that if we went into Afghanistan with the force we went into Iraq with, and spent $160 billion chasing the right guy, we'd be closer to catching him rather than where we're at now. I guess if you can't get the guy you need, then go after the guy you can get.
