[InvisibleChurch]

a mighty tyrant living in a hole...

[solo gringo]

Thank you PRESIDENT BUSH AND OUR MEN AND WOMEN YOU ARE MY HEROS.

[InvisibleChurch]

give him to the Iraqi people for trial

[Guenevere]

President Bush and Tony Blair just unwrapped their first Christmas present!!

Thanks you two for pressing on to the goal!!!!

[LurkedLongEnough]

We Win.

[InvisibleChurch]

he looks like karla marx

[Moonmad27]

Fabulous! I didn't know the big news until clicking on the thread! What a great Christmas present - for our troops, for all Iraqis, and for the US! (It's a bag of coal in their stockings for the naughty Dems, though)

[InvisibleChurch]

when will xxxillary hint that it might not be hussein, but rather a body-double?

[RobFromGa]

Just mailed...

Dear President Bush:

Thank you for your unwavering commitment and your firm resolve to see these difficult tasks completed. Most Americans recognize that the exact timing of the events can never be known.

At the same time, most Americans know that we will prevail against those that want to destroy us. This is in large part due to the powerful leadership that you have shown. Knowing that you are in the chair, making the final decisions based on principle, rather than sticking your finger up in the air to test the daily whim, is very reassuring.

God Bless you and I hope that you are able to complete most of your dreams for America in your remaining five years as President. I will do what I can to help make that happen.

Respectfully,
Rob *******
Norcross, Georgia

[stanz]

They got him they got him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Diogenesis]

[Urbane_Guerilla]

If your day is not bright enough already ... go over to Democratic Underground and that will REALLY make you happy. Those folks are so glum and negative because the tyrant has been captured. LA DEE DAH, DEE LA DEE DAH.

[Jhensy]

Good MORNING!!!!! Awesome, just waking up to this! Here's a toast to our troops, our President, our leaders, our allies and all fellow Freepers who have stood the course!!!! SKOAL, we deserve it!!! WOO HOO!!!

And SCREW YOU Howard Dean and your ilk, you PR*CKS.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Saddam

They found him in a spider hole,
Just like we knew they would.
Though we are glad I'm sure the Dems,
Feel this is not too good.
I'm sure they all are saddened now,
For Saddam's in our hand.
The French, the Germans, chant along,
The Russians lead the band.
They want the contracts to rebuild,
The Dems want Bush to fail.
The Libertarians want to whine,
For pot sold through the mail.
Congratulations to our troops,
And to our leader here.
George Bush is still the man to lead,
He gets my vote next year.

Conspiracy Guy 12/14/03

[capt. norm]

This has to be killing the print media as none of the newspapers were able to get this on their front page today and Monday is too late.

[TigersEye]

Congratulations President Bush and U.S. Forces!!!

and to you Saddam ...

All your Iraq are belong to U.S.!

[kassie]

God bless our troops! What great news.

[BigWaveBetty]

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) first learned that Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) may have been captured on Saturday afternoon, and was given confirmation of the most sought-after prize in the Iraq (news - web sites) war early Sunday, senior administration officials said.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called the president, who was spending part of the weekend at Camp David, around midday Saturday to deliver the news of the raid's possible success.

Just after 5 a.m. Sunday in Washington, the U.S. administrator in Iraq called national security adviser Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites) to confirm that the person in custody had been confirmed to be Hussein. Rice immediately took the information to Bush — by now back at the White House, one official said.

The president had returned to Washington late Saturday to be back in town before a snowstorm that hit Sunday could prevent him from attending the taping of a television Christmas special later in the day.

Bush had planned to attend church Sunday morning across the street from the White House, but decided not to make the trek through the snow.

The president was ensconced in the Oval Office and senior aides rushed in from miles away to staff a White House usually empty on an early Sunday morning.

But hours after the news of Saddam's capture spread and was confirmed by a news conference in Baghdad there still was no official reaction from the White House. Aides even declined to describe Bush's reaction at the news, despite the long-sought development that could bring significant vindication for the war the president started nine months ago.

Dramatic military strikes came up empty in their efforts to kill Saddam at the start of the war. Since then, he has appeared in both video and audio tapes. U.S. officials named him No. 1 on their list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis, the lead card in a special deck of most-wanted cards.

U.S. officials scored another major victory earlier this year when they killed Saddam's two sons during a raid. Link

[Archangelsk]

Ahem, and I quote from a previous post of mine:

(The precedent is Vietnam, where one battalion commander got so fed up with the tunnel system employed by the VC that he posted his entire battalion on one tunnel hole. In thirty days his unit captured or killed all of the VC in the area and pacified the region)

Congratulations to the all the troops and their commanders who participated in this excellent raid. They are great students of the art of war and applied their knowledge, expertise and guts to the capture of Saddam. It is a great day for the people of Iraq.

Now to the issue of Mission Accomplished. No, it is the end of the beginning. Celebrate the capture, but don't lose sight of the fact that we still have a long road ahead of us.

[summer]

Well, Christmas came a bit early this year! What great news! Thank you, President Bush -- and thank you, to our brave men and women in our military! :)!