OT: Saddam Hussein Arrested

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Cyrien:
I would offer that he has already beaten several wives to death in the past.

I'm talking about international crimes and analagies. If the US were appointed the international police and were allowed to invade countries based on the civil crimes done by their leaders, we'd have to be just about everywhere.

My analagy was: Just as one doesn't have the right to beat up on a guy because he might (or even probably) will do something bad in the future, the US can't go beating up on countries just because they might do something bad in the future. There has to have been an offense already committed.

[Cyrien]

Apparantly after some questioning about what he did he was belligerent and viewed himself as a kind but stern leader and called those he killed nothing but thieves.

If such reports are accurate it seems that there will be little difficulty in proving he is in fact Saddam.

[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by primitive:

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Originally posted by Loser:

*Loser looks forward, especially, to replies from Rex, Oleg, and The Primitive One.*

Thank you

Congrats on catching him alive, well done.

You don't have me down as a Saddam lover, do you ? He is a SOB and a war criminal and deserves everyting he got coming.

However: I think catching him alive now is not a good sign for GWB. Dead it would have been a clean victory, alive he will only help bring the focus back to GWBs lying and cheating during the buildup to the war. I predict once the first celebrations are over, GWB will face renewed attention from the media regarding the missing WMDs and the big contracts awarded to his friends. Weather it's enough to throw the election or not; we can only hope (or not ).

BTW:
Feel free to throw this back in my face in 6 months time if I'm wrong

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Dow is back over 10K; this will have more influence on the elections than catching Saddom. If the economy continues to improve and the recent trend of tech jobs returning to the states continues, then he will have a good chance of being reelected. If the problems in Iraq decrease, and the economy continues to improve, congress will turn to health care and reexamining free trade. A few changes on those fronts and he is again a tuff candidate to beat.

[Thermodyne]

What Saddom has to say during his interrogation could disrupt the governments of several countries. If he is the man (coward) that I think he is, he will tell all. I doubt that France, Germany and Russia are looking forward to these revelations. They backed a despot and now they will probably suffer some tarnished reputations because of it. Germany and Russia will lay most of it at the feet of previous administrations, but it could cause a change of leadership in France.

[Cipher7071]

Thermodyne is about right. People tend to vote with their wallets. What sort of factor Iraq is in next year's U.S. election depends largely on the length and size of the occupation.

[Unknown_Enemy]

Originally posted by CNCRaymond:
Could someone please explain to me why they think what GWB did was bad?

- Wasting the total and blind sympathy to USA after 09/11 toward worldwide antipathy today.
- Lying about the goals of the second Iraqi war.

In my book, that is enought to write him as an idiot. However, millions of humans who suffered under Saddam will praise this event and be right to do so.
So despite our political differences, let's just rejoice of the arrest of that human beast.

[Unknown_Enemy]

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
What Saddom has to say during his interrogation could disrupt the governments of several countries. If he is the man (coward) that I think he is, he will tell all. I doubt that France, Germany and Russia are looking forward to these revelations. They backed a despot and now they will probably suffer some tarnished reputations because of it. Germany and Russia will lay most of it at the feet of previous administrations, but it could cause a change of leadership in France.

No more that Rumsfield.