Saddam the Jailbird
Funny how the U.S. had to “go it alone” during the war, but now the whole world (except, of course, the Dean Weenies) is happy Saddam was finally captured? I mean, it’s cool to be congratulated by Jacques Chiraq and Gerhard Schroeder after the fact, and all, but I’m not sure what it really means. My guess: “we told you so” won’t fly anymore, so now the theme is “we were really with you all along.”
Let’s just hope that the trial of Saddam takes place before January, 2005, while we’re still guaranteed to have a President who knows that it matters whether Saddam is tried by the U.S. (where he’d face execution) or the ICC (where he’d face 20 to life and a stiff fine).
December 14th, 2003 at 11:47 am
I’d be happy to have him tried in Iraq. Anything but the Hague.
I’m dying to know how the Democratic presidential contenders feel about the issue.
December 14th, 2003 at 11:56 am
Lieberman: I told you so.
Kerry: I wouldn’t have voted to authorize the war in Iraq if I knew Bush would fuck it up so bad…oh fuck. I meant to say, I did vote to authorize the war because I knew he wouldn’t fuck it up. And you can edit out those “fucks,” right?
Dean: God. Damn. It.
Kucinich: Hi. Are you my friend?
December 14th, 2003 at 12:09 pm
Here are a few early reactions from Dean supporters (link: http://www.deanesmay.com/archives/005729.html#005729)
My favorite (for the life of me, I can’t tell if this is a parody or not):
“Frankly, I’m crying as well. This was an unjustified war — if anything, we should be apologizing to Saddam and giving him his $700,000 back… I thought we were supposed to be Democrats!”
December 14th, 2003 at 12:59 pm
WTF do we need to try the guy for?
I can have a plastic shredder from the local industrial supply yard in 20 minutes.
December 14th, 2003 at 1:41 pm
Saddam Caught, Blogosphere Reacts
Saddam turned up inside a hole in the ground looking like a twin of the Unabomber. As always, the Blogosphere has reactions. Here is a sampling:Wizbang! is providing a forum to the Bush critics who might think the timing of…
December 14th, 2003 at 2:25 pm
Good question. Somehow, though, I don’t think that’s what the Dean of Mean meant when he said it didn’t matter where he was tried.
December 17th, 2003 at 11:45 pm
Isn’t it possible for the Iraqis to try him with us offering . . . um, “helpful suggestions”? To be honest, this seems fairest: I don’t think anyone other than the U.S., ,the Brits and the Iraqis is really involved in this situation. We’re the country that suffered an assassination attempt, and paid the highest price for the liberation of their country. And they (the Iraqis) suffered the most.
Absolutely no U.N. control. No Hague trial. No way.