Saddam Hussein Captured

The guy who turned him in is the smart one. He will get $25 million. Maybe he will come to the USA and open up a pool hall.

Now that he is out of the picture people will be lining up to tell what they know for immunity and/or a reward.

Jake
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Now that he is out of the picture people will be lining up to tell what they know for immunity and/or a reward.

Including Saddam himself.
 
Raistlin said:
...and I am sure that Saddam's capture will make downtown Baghdad a much safer place for the poor soldiers from across the world that are getting killed on a daily basis there.

If Saddam faces military trial in the US, I wonder if he will face charges for crimes committed pre-1988 when a senior US official (I think it was Sec State at the time but am not certain) described him as 'a son of a b*tch, but our son of a b*tch'?

So, who is next on the list of the 'Axis of Evil'?

The British certainly have a different perspective
on Iraq than we do? Wonder who has a better
grasp of reality?

Hondo thanks for replying to that post...I wanted to but I don't don't want to get kicked off this board. I'm grateful I live in this country, the best #$%^% in the world and I support the actions of the President and of our Armed Forces 100%. Way to go guys.
 
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ID: I am not having a go at the US as a whole. Two of my best friends in the world are US citizens and one of them has now fought in Iraq twice (and is still there). Do I fear for his safety? Damn straight! I also get to the US about 3 times a year and always enjoy myself.

However, the foreign policy of your elected(!) officials leaves a GREAT DEAL to be desired.

I like Rickw's suggestion. Natural justice at its finest.
 
Raistlin, all I said was wonder who's right.
Supporting our troops & agreeing with
GW aren't necissarily the same thing.
 
It good is was found now thay can just kill him in TV on superbowl Sunday during half time.. I know i'll be watching..


This is what is wrong with the "American" mentality.
 
This is a big portion of what I study in school, political violence. I have to agree with you weapon x. I voted for Bush and I agree with the war. Howevever, executing him in the first place will in my opinin give him Marytrdom. I think he should be tried in international court if anything. If the US does it, than it will prolong fundalmentalist violence towards the US military.

Finally, I don't think this whole thread belongs here. It should be in the general forum, however, that is a moot point.
 
Damn did I stumble into CNN Liberal forum. Matthew are you regurgitating the last thing you heard in bleeding heart 101 or are these your true feelings. Martyrdom ? maybe if he would of fought his way out of that hole and died for his so called beliefs. But lets see he had a pistol and his hands up, martyr my a%#. Lets see, The 100's of thousands he systematicly had put to death at his hands, because they chose to disagree with his regime. Or didn't kick a soccer ball through the net at the right time. There deaths need not be avenged at the expence of his Martyrdom ? PLEASE !!! Yes Kill him super bowl sunday, replay it at the US open, At the Masters, Wimbeldon and the world series. I sure hope we are not a nation that forgets how tyrants like this got our attention in the first place.

And by the way IMHO any forum is the right forum for this conversation, I wonder how many of the innocent lives Saddam took ( given the chance) would rather be posting on this site about a tournament then lying 6 feet under ?
 
Yes, because there aren't any Saddam loyalists out there at all, are there?
 
Hey Rich,

Calm down. Mathew didn't say Sadam was a martyr; he said Sadam would be PERCEIVED as a martyr by certain elements in the Middle East (and probably elsewhere) if the US moves unilaterally to execute him. I agree with Mathew that the correct thing to do is hand him over to the Hague.

Rich Reheard said:
I sure hope we are not a nation that forgets how tyrants like this got our attention in the first place.

You mean when he became one of our closest allies during the iran/iraq war, and when we supported him with $$$ and military aid throughout his worst atrocities? I think we conveniently forgot about that back in '92.

Roger
 
...and the crazy thing is, Saddam wasn't even the worst tyrant out there. There are plenty of others (Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe for example) who are worse.

However the US will not move against him cos there ain't no oil in Zimbabwe.

My thought on Saddam's trial is this: he should be taken back to Iraq and tried under Islamic law as a common criminal. Don't create the circus that now surrounds Milosevic's trial.
 
poolmouse said:
PoolMouse(who served in 101st Airborne Division 25 years ago)

Poolmouse, so you are a member of the Screaming Eagles. Right on!

BTW, I haven't seen a post from Zim since Saddam's capture.

ManlyShot
 
matthew said:
This is a big portion of what I study in school, political violence. I have to agree with you weapon x. I voted for Bush and I agree with the war. Howevever, executing him in the first place will in my opinin give him Marytrdom...

I agree with Mattie. We shouldn't execute Bush.

Keep learning your smarts.

-pigg
 
manlyshot said:
Poolmouse, so you are a member of the Screaming Eagles. Right on!

A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 31st Field Artillery. I was a Nuclear Weapons Assembly Team Member.

Battalion motto: "Whatever It Takes."

PoolMouse
 
poolmouse said:
A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 31st Field Artillery. I was a Nuclear Weapons Assembly Team Member.

Battalion motto: "Whatever It Takes."

PoolMouse

I am over here trying to get Saddams old job, they won't give it to me. I think that is the worlds ultimate job, dictator of a country, I could do that, why not.
:D
 
At one time or another Saddam provided big name terrorists with shelter, money, training camps, equipment,etc. He has showed us he will use chemical weapons on anybody ie Iranians and Kurds. It was just a matter of time before he got nukes or gave WMD to terrorists if they don't have them already from him. Getting rid of him is what I would call preventive maintenace. Talking about Mugabe and oil is a pretty moot argument because he has never been known to give foreign terrorists aid.
While I don't like the idea of US troops getting killed in Iraq. I would take the lessor of two evils. It is known that terrorists are going to Iraq and that would be a better thing than these same terrorists sneaking into the US. It's better to have one suicide bomber kill 1 US soldier in Iraq than the same bomber kill hundreds or thousands on Mainstreet USA. Of course, you people would rather complain since you get to drive your gas guzzling SUVs, know you have your 3 meals a day, and don't have to live in fear of death for saying something bad about the government.
 
Metzger said:
At one time or another Saddam provided big name terrorists with shelter, money, training camps, equipment,etc. He has showed us he will use chemical weapons on anybody ie Iranians and Kurds. It was just a matter of time before he got nukes or gave WMD to terrorists if they don't have them already from him. Getting rid of him is what I would call preventive maintenace. Talking about Mugabe and oil is a pretty moot argument because he has never been known to give foreign terrorists aid.
While I don't like the idea of US troops getting killed in Iraq. I would take the lessor of two evils. It is known that terrorists are going to Iraq and that would be a better thing than these same terrorists sneaking into the US. It's better to have one suicide bomber kill 1 US soldier in Iraq than the same bomber kill hundreds or thousands on Mainstreet USA. Of course, you people would rather complain since you get to drive your gas guzzling SUVs, know you have your 3 meals a day, and don't have to live in fear of death for saying something bad about the government.

What can I say. Propaganda works.

Roger
 
hemicudas said:
Facts and truth work better.

Apparently not considering 61% of Americans believe Sadam was behind 9-11.

And it obviously didn't work for Metzger.

But I do agree that facts and truth can convince people when they are made available.

Roger
 
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