U.S. must catch Saddam — and soon, Clark says

USA Today ^ | November 16, 2003 | Susan Page

[Pukin Dog]

Gay, underage pigs.

[McGavin999]

And this guy came to this conclusion all by himself?

[faithincowboys]

Clark's performance on Meet the Press this morning was astoundingly dreadful. This guy needs a mental evaluation. It's very hard to watch him. It's like watching a homeless man with a shave and shower on tv. He is freaking crazy, and it's really sad.

[Adrastus]

Who? Weasley or Saddam?

[OneTimeLurker]

I hope you are not suggesting that the Admin. would sit on information that could prevent attacks on our troops and help destroy the resistance in Iraq.

[Pukin Dog]

I hope you are not suggesting that the Admin. would sit on information that could prevent attacks on our troops and help destroy the resistance in Iraq.

Dont be stupid.

The Administration sits on intelligence to prevent the enemy from figuring out what we know and how we obtain that information. That it will also help Bush during the election is nothing but an unintended consequence.

[OneTimeLurker]

"The Administration sits on intelligence to prevent the enemy from figuring out what we know and how we obtain that information. That it will also help Bush during the election is nothing but an unintended consequence."

No, what was implied was that the Admin. should sit on (or is already sitting on) info that would allow them to capture OBL or Saddam until election season. Not only would that be stupid but if it were done for political purposes it would be treasonous.

[Pukin Dog]

No, you are wrong.

There is a strong possiblity that OBL is already dead, and that the government knows this. However, it may be difficult to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt, and even were it provable, it provoke a triggering of terrorist attacks before the US has enough intelligence to know how to defeat them.

Holding back information until you know what to do with it is not treasonous, it is responsible leadership. Bush may be holding back evidence that could help him, but hurt the rest of us. Have you ever considered that possibility?

[need_a_screen_name]

And this guy came to this conclusion all by himself?

Someone in the Bush Administration (can't remember who right now) said the same thing this morning on one of the Sunday morning talking head shows.

[paul51]

These dimwit candidates are really good at staing the obvious. Good thing we have them around. Nobody else in the administration or the DOD could think of these things.

[PoorMuttly]

Maybe he'd surrender if we let him keep his gold toilet.

[pdjplano]

Clark was SOOO bad on MTP this morning, he is so two-faced and shifty it makes my head spin! I love how he basis what he says on "rumor", he probably just reads DU and believes what he reads there...

He won't catch Dean either, IMO, but lots of Dems sure seem to like the guy for some strange reason...

[OneTimeLurker]

Read the author's words again:

"I would expect that Saddam (and maybe bin Laden) will turn up caught (or their remains will be "found") around the middle of the campaign season if the Bush people are smart. And the Bush people are smart."

What you are saying, while possibly correct, has no bearing on his statment and the implications thereof.

[Pukin Dog]

What you are saying, while possibly correct, has no bearing on his statment and the implications thereof.

Just possibly?

Consider that any announcement of the death of Saddam or OBL is going to have to be managed for maximum positive and minimum negative effect. I will grant you that the mention of 'the middle of the campaign' would seem to imply political motive, but I dont agree. I consider the Democrats to be politically aligned with our enemies. Not that they root for them, but that they succeed when our enemies succeed. Under that premise, the Democrats are fair game for tactics that help us succeed in Iraq. We wont succeed if Democrats gain power. Success in Iraq depends upon Bush beating back the Democrats as well as the terrorists. Some people dont want to say that out loud. I'm not one of them.

[Lancey Howard]

I hope you are not suggesting that the Admin. would sit on information that could prevent attacks on our troops and help destroy the resistance in Iraq.

Don't be ridiculous - - use your head.

Do you know what the CIA does when they discover a mole in their ranks? They not only use him as a conduit for disinformation, but they watch him and track him and try to discover his contacts, his methods, and maybe some other moles. Arresting him right away would give away a timeline to the enemy so that they would know what information is reliable and what is not.

Watching Saddam and/or bin Laden (and others) may lead us to countless terror cells, tip us off to pending attacks, ascertain financial sources, and point us to nations (Iran? Syria?) who may be providing aid. Heck, it is certainly possible that some plots have already been foiled.

There is every reason to leave these people in place until we believe that they have revealed nearly all that they can reveal. Since recent reports are claiming that we are going to be largely vacating Iraq around June, that might be a prime time to take these monsters into custody before our useless "allies" get them.

Of course, this is presuming they are not already dead.

Regards,
LH

[Lancey Howard]

Success in Iraq depends upon Bush beating back the Democrats as well as the terrorists.

Yep. And in this case, he can kill two pigs with one stone.

[hellinahandcart]

He has no neck. The man has no neck. He looks like a live bobblehead doll when he speaks...and he sounds like one too.

[johnb838]

What did he say? I didnt hear him through all the gunfire".

Like that WWII movie I saw the other day (the longest day)where this young GI shoots a German then looks around and says "What does 'Bitte, Bitte, Bitte mean?'

[#3Fan]

Who? Weasley or Saddam?

lol If Clark wants to act like Saddam wasn't a menace to the civilized world, then maybe he needs to be captured by the men in white suits.

[bushfamfan]

Russert actually confronted Clark with the many, many contradictions, hypocrisies and lies he's been caught in. And Clark really was pathetic. That was too funny. The man has no inner core or moral compass.