'We knew death awaited us'

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | 14 December 2003 | Betty Heil

[Vigilanteman]

HILLA, Iraq -- Just past a cold, cloudy midnight in March 1991, Abdelraheem Ali Moussa -- blindfolded, hands bound -- stumbled onboard a stolen Kuwaiti bus. With 30 men, women and children, he was driven to a field behind Mahaweel Republican Brick Factory, where everyone was shot. The others died. Moussa survived.

[Vigilanteman]

Spared his just fate by Daddy Bush and the United Nation, thank goodness George Jr. refused to listen to the same handlers who protected Saddam then and now.

[tutstar]

bttt

[Fzob]

Bump

[facedown]

George Jr.

???

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

George Jr.
???
I had fun with this.
I got a liberal to swear he would not vote for Jr.,
and then proved to him that the only Jr. in the race
was Al Gore Jr..

[facedown]

I had fun with this. I got a liberal to swear he would not vote for Jr., and then proved to him that the only Jr. in the race was Al Gore Jr..

LOL!!!

[Vigilanteman]

Apologies to any who may be offended by my reference to George Jr. I find such a title far more respectful that the leftwingers and other detractors who refer to him as Baby Bush or Shrub.

I also think his father was an honorable man who tried (and in most cases succeeded) in being a reasonably decent president. His downfall was in thinking others would reciprocate with being equally honorable-- i.e. the Democrats would cooperate after his agreement for a small tax increase, Saddam would pull in his horns after being spared his just fate following the Gulf War, the "International Community" would match their promises with action after the U.S. didn't push on to Baghdad. Of course, none of this happened and the son was villified by all of these groups for failing to take the same bait. Thank God he was blessed with the backbone to do what was right.

That being said, even though I disagree with a lot of what he has done (aiding and abetting illegal immigration, f'rinstance), I applaud his courage in the WOT and the squinty-eyed Gary Cooper at High Noon look and determination. Just as Reagan's great successes covered his fumbles (e.g. the Marine Barracks bombing in Lebanon), so too I pray it will be with George W. Bush.

[backhoe]

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[Wilhelm Tell]

Spared his just fate by Daddy Bush and the United Nation, thank goodness George Jr. refused to listen to the same handlers who protected Saddam then and now.

I think America has a share of the guilt for Saddam's crimes. We told the Iraqis to revolt, we would be behind them, etc. and when the uprising started, we just walked away and abandoned them to their fate. If we were going to limit the action to just the liberation of Kuwait, we should not have encouraged Iraqis to revolt with the idea that we would back them up. Instead, we said one thing while giving Saddam the power he needed to put down the rebellion. Then our feckless politicians were shocked, shocked, that Saddam was a mass murderer.

I am pleased that W took care of unfinished business in Iraq. Now Iraq has a chance to become a constitutional republic. I am struck by the irony of the situation, because we have unfinished business in America, too. Every politician who supported Campaign Finance Reform needs to be voted out of office, if not impeached. Five members of the U.S. Supreme Court who do not understand the First Amendment need to be replaced. Maybe then America will become a constitutional republic.

[Aquinasfan]

"Two Baathists came running up to a thin, blindfolded man, and they took him and carried him by his hands and feet and threw him in the fire," he says. The man shrieked as flames enveloped him, then went silent.

Never forget, despite media silence.

[Maria S]

"...we will not pass along our problems to other Congresses, to other presidents, and other generations..."

President George W. Bush, 1/28/03

So much was made of the 16 words in the State of the Union speech about Niger, yellow cake, blah, blah. I think the above 16 words were of much more value and importance. And I think they were President Bush' tactful way of telling Bill Clinton that he intended to "straighten things out" as some of us Texans say (when we intend to take whatever measures necessary to right a situation).

[Lion in Winter]

Lest you forget.. it as a UN mandate which stopped the USA from going all the way to Baghdad. The USSR was making some serious NOISE about the USA invading IRAQ any further.

BLAME THE F----ing UN!!