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Saddam hanged

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by 2muchcoffeeman, Dec 29, 2006.

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  1. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    By the 1980's, we'd been snuggling up to Saddam for almost 30 years.
    The reason? Well, it begins with O and ends with L.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Dec 29, 2006
    #37
  2. wickedwritah

    wickedwritah Guest

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    No 1953 coup, there's a commie government in there ready to overrun Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Afghanistan (faster than they tried to).
     
    wickedwritah, Dec 29, 2006
    #38
  3. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    What I don't understand is why did we have the farce of a trial that was supposed to look like American justice, but ended up looking like a kangaroo court? I'm personally not for hanging people... but if you are going to hang him, why not have done it immediately--no one would be arguing that justice hadn't been served? Or if you felt the need to proceed with a legitimate exercise of due process, then why not wait until Iraq was set up to do it legitimately, with established laws and without Uncle Sam hovering over the court? The way this played out makes the U.S. look farcical to the rest of the world.
     
    The Big Ragu, Dec 29, 2006
    #39
  4. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    It would certainly be no worse.
     
    Starman, Dec 29, 2006
    #40
  5. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Just asking....how will we really know if it's him hanging up there?
     
    21, Dec 29, 2006
    #41
  6. ondeadline

    ondeadline Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    With a hood on his head, there's really no way to know for sure just by looking.
     
    ondeadline, Dec 29, 2006
    #42
  7. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    The government we illegally overthrew was not communist. Prime Minister Mossadegh wanted Iranian oil nationalized. So did most Iranians. That was their right, and that's a main reason he was elected. At the time, the British controlled the Iranian oil industry. If the Brits and the US hadn't have been so intent on screwing the Iranians out of their natural resources, it's doubtful that Mossadegh would have been as antagoinstic to the West. What do you expect people to do when they're getting fucked over, smile and ask for more? People have the right to defend themselves.

    We don't have the right to overthrow democratically elected governments, period.
     
    writing irish, Dec 29, 2006
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  8. wickedwritah

    wickedwritah Guest

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    writing, they did want to let the Soviets come in there and hold a big piece of the oil industry.
     
    wickedwritah, Dec 29, 2006
    #44
  9. spup1122

    spup1122 Guest

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Those were my thoughts, 21. How do we know he's really going to be dead. I'm going to need a body to believe this one.
     
    spup1122, Dec 29, 2006
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  10. jgmacg

    jgmacg Guest

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread


    DNA test? Dental records? Check the deceased to see if he uses Grecian Formula in the correct shade of aging-dictator ebony?
     
    jgmacg, Dec 29, 2006
    #46
  11. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    No, they didn't.
    They wanted to control who they sold the oil to, and they wanted to get out from under Anglo-British. They didn't like the Russians any more than they liked us, Russia having swiped Baku and Maikop oil fields after WWI.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Dec 29, 2006
    #47
  12. Smallpotatoes

    Smallpotatoes Well-Known Member

    Re: Countdown to dead Saddam (no later than 10 PM EST) running thread

    Last night some talk radio host said the hanging should be on pay-per-view and that it would show kids the consequences of being a brutal dictator who tortured and killed millions of people.
    I'm not sure how many aspiring heads of state are out there who could actually learn anything from it.
    "Kids, if you're ever lucky enough to run a country, don't do what he did."
     
    Smallpotatoes, Dec 29, 2006
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