Bye bye Saddam!

[Edwina's Secretary]

His only 'friends" are the Sunni faction , the People in Tikrit and his real home town.

...and anyone looking for a (or another) reason to hate the US and the West.....

[carole]

Best news I have heard in a while.

[RICHARD]

...and anyone looking for a (or another) reason to hate the US and the West.....

I am taking a break from self loathing until the end of the year.

The biggest threat to the US at the moment are the PC, right leaning,
massage and meth getting, flag burning, name calling, freakniks that threaten us from within our borders. Did I mention jon carry?


Anything that happens is either GWB's, Don Rumsfelt's, Dick Cheney's or the evil right wing conspiracy's fault...

God,

For the days before 9/11....when we really didn't care about foreign policy.

[Edwina's Secretary]

God,

For the days before 9/11....when we really didn't care about foreign policy.

Speak for yourself....perhaps those years of not caring are the problem.

I am not sure where you see self-loathing in my statement.

Stick to your one-dimensional view of the world if you like....go see another John Wayne movie....it will help....

[RICHARD]

Speak for yourself....perhaps those years of not caring are the problem.

I am not sure where you see self-loathing in my statement.

Stick to your one-dimensional view of the world if you like....go see another John Wayne movie....it will help....

Well,

I didn't like Sands Of Iwo Jima...he gets killed in that one. (notice that the STRYKER infantry vehicle shares the name of his character in the movie..)

I did like the "Fighting Seabees of the Navy" flick....That was more trucks and blowing up stuff.

Not a fan of his westerns....No wonder the Russians wanted to kill The Duke.


(Actually I am not a big fan of the Waynester....or John Rambo or Jon Claude Van Dumb)

[Husky15]

Good riddance.

Although I can't help but feel a slight sense of fear. Edwina's Secretary makes a point.

[BC_MoM]

Not only making more hatred for the US, but putting them and others (such as us!) at more risk for retaliating.

I'm not even going to state an opinion. I don't agree with anything the US is doing (not just the Saddam thing).

[elizabethann]

I just wish it was a televised hanging so I could see that bastard swing.

[caseysmom]

I just wish it was a televised hanging so I could see that bastard swing.

Please don't take this the wrong way but this made me crack up. All your posts always seem so mild and sweet it just sounded out of character for you and it made me chuckle

[Lady's Human]

Saddam's execution will be a drop in the bucket as far as hatred for the US. The middle East has been at war with the US for 30+ years. The only difference is that after Sept. 11th we couldn't ignore it any longer.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Saddam's execution will be a drop in the bucket as far as hatred for the US. The middle East has been at war with the US for 30+ years. The only difference is that after Sept. 11th we couldn't ignore it any longer.

Great! Then let's do all we can to further inflame the situation! Good idea.... quite a defeatist attitude you have there!

[Lady's Human]

Defeatist? No. Realist? Yes.

If we focus on whether the countries in the Middle East "like " or "Hate " the US we've already lost. This is warfare, not a public opinion survey. Our first wars as a nation were with arab states(Barbary wars), and they haven't exactly been buddies at any time in the intervening centuries.

The US hasn't been liked for decades. We have very few reliable allies, and have never had more than a handfull we could really trust. Most of our cold war allies were allies of convenience, and while some have remained allies in name, few will back the words with actions.

[lizbud]

My fear is that to hang him will fuel more hatred of the US. Already on the news they report anti-US demonstrations...even though the trial was ostensibly Iraqian....it is perceived by the Sunni Muslims to have been orchestrated by the US.

I am very afraid.....

I believe it won't work to our advantage at all, but it's just another reason
for the Islamic extremists to stir up the crowds in anti-US riots & killings.
Not like they don't already have enough reasons. I been afraid the whole
time since Bush became President. Hopiny that Bush & company don't mess
things up so much, we might not ever get the chance to make more positive
changes for this country.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Defeatist? No. Realist? Yes.

If we focus on whether the countries in the Middle East "like " or "Hate " the US we've already lost. This is warfare, not a public opinion survey. Our first wars as a nation were with arab states(Barbary wars), and they haven't exactly been buddies at any time in the intervening centuries.

The US hasn't been liked for decades. We have very few reliable allies, and have never had more than a handfull we could really trust. Most of our cold war allies were allies of convenience, and while some have remained allies in name, few will back the words with actions.

You couldn't be more wrong about the US not being liked for decades. Much of the world was with us after 9/11....Bush & Co. blew that all to....

Once again a semantic difference...you call it "realist" I call it "defeatist"....if we aren't any better as a nation than to think the only solution is killing....

[RICHARD]

9 out of 10 Jihadists prefer American Hatred over the remaining 180 odd nations on the planet.

Hmmm

We can always do the Somalia Sulk and invete those AH's to our door step.

Here's the message...

We will tuck tail and you guys win...

Come to Lost Angeles-We have a bunch of really cool places to bomb.

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I'd like to introduce Pessimism and Optimism into the conversation....


I apologize for the self loathing comment......Air America is bankrupt.