True,
but now maybe we get to hear all about what the Frenchies, Russians and others did to help him fight us... and maybe find out where the millions his sons stole from the treasury are hidden... and maybe find out where he stashed the weapons...
Of course Johnny Cochrane has already booked his flight!

Joy to the world, the dictator is neigh...

graycg

That sure would have saved a few bucks eh ? But NO.now we get to spend a few million dollars defending his sorry butt in the international courts. That grenade idea sure sounds appealing everytime I read it. 45nut

well...he-he, being the pessimistic asshole I am, I got to say that I think they have had him caught for a long time, it is just politically expedient to give the American people a Christmas present to aid the war effort. He just gave up without a fight...they say. HAR! that's bullshit. Why didn't he swallow a cyanide capsule like other dictators in the past when caught in the short rows? They've had ol Saddy billeted in a safe house for months, fattening like a Christmas goose. Just happened to be time to 'cook' him.

As for Bin Laden, they either killed him long ago or the Company has him squirreled away somewhere. If he is at large, my money says he is home in Saudi Arabia.

Jumptrap, you are a jerk. Saddam is an enemy of mankind; he is not being used by the Bush administration for political purposes. I asked in another section when it would be that the Dems would accuse Bush of capturing Saddam for political gain. You have provided the answer: not long at all. Wise up!! If Bush wanted "political gain" from the capture, he would have sprung it a year from now, just prior to the election, don't you think? Wise up twice!!

Mexico has no death penalty, but they do have "El Ley de Fuga" (The law of flight). If is legal to shoot a person under custody who is trying to escape. Many, many, many people are shot each year in Mexico while trying to escape. This seems like a good type to apply El Ley de Fuga.

Well, regardless how everyone else feels, I couldn't be happier!
I retired from the military in 1989 and I have two sons who entered the military within the next 2 years and are still on active duty and it is such a relief that this devious, poor excuse for a human being is finally apprehended! One of them has been over there twice and the other one has been over there once!
Now, all we need is to get the Hussein's partner in crime and the world will be much better off!

Jump and I will have to respectfully disagree on this one. I don't know the information that he used to form his opinion, but I think he is full of bovine feces! I have a professional relationship with both LTG Sanchez and MG Odierno. Then LTC Sanchez commanded 2-69 AR in Desert Storm (I was an FSO in C/2-18 IN, same brigade). LTC Sanchez made a VERY unpopular decision to destroy an M1 Abrams in place because we couldn't recover it, and had bad guys behind us who might get it out when the mud dried. He made the right decision and waited to see what happened - his current stars show that he did okay. Then COL Odierno was my Divarty commander when I was a battery commander at Ft. Hood, and he paid off on every golf bet I won from him. I think he won two from me, and I paid off as well! The idea that the people involved would be party to such a deception is incredible, and the inability of the military to perpetrate such a plan should be obvious to anyone who understands that military intelligence is an oxymoron. Tony

No, the oxymoron is "responsible journalism." <GGG>



Pardon my critique, but I think the Jessica Lynch affair did more to harm military veracity to the public than anything since General Westmorland's body counts. I really can't blame civilian-minded people for being suspicious of "news" coming out of Iraq.



But, I agree with you Tony, this Saddam story didn't peg out my BS Meter like the Pvt Lynch story did.

Tony, does the mud ever dry at Ft Hood? or Euphrates Valley? Gotta call'em like ya see'em when yer on the ground. Jump, your suspicions about the company are, ... well, founded in, uh, .... Well, you can have your suspicions. I certainly have mine. I'll take the Christmas present!!! Say a prayer for the boys that gave it their all. My cousin's husband was in the towers when they came down (when I saw him last October it was quite a meeting - just before we visited with you and Stacey, Tony). Obviously, he made it out. Say a prayer for those who didn't. Say a prayer for the company boys, as they've got a big job (politics aside). Maybe, say a prayer for the honest Iraqis who have their country back. sundog

In case you missed the quote:

A Village Loses Its Patron in Saddam
By Thomas Frank
Staff Correspondent
December 15, 2003, 5:59 PM EST

When the deposed leader was captured, said Maj. Bryan Reed, who led the tour, he told the soldiers in English: "My name is Saddam Hussein. I am the president of Iraq and I want to negotiate."
A U.S. Special Forces soldier replied: "Regards from President Bush."


Something else comes to my mind: "Can you hear me now?"