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Clintonistas: Saddam's Capture Won't Help
NewsMax.com ^ | 12/14/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Posted on 12/14/2003 8:21:33 AM PST by kattracks

The capture of Saddam Hussein is actually bad news for U.S. troops serving in Iraq.

That's the bizarre assessment from former Clinton administration counter-terrorism chief Richard Clarke, who said Sunday morning that the Iraqi dictator's arrest may only exacerbate opposition to U.S. occupation forces.

"I don't think it's going to have a near term positive effect on security," Clarke told ABC's "This Week."

Ignoring reports that Saddam was bankrolling insurgents in Iraq, Clinton's terrorism czar insisted, "I think it's very likely that these cells [attacking U.S. troops] are fully autonomous, they're spread around the country and they haven't been getting commands from Saddam."

Clarke said that "over time" Saddam's capture may be helpful, but he predicted, "In the short term, we may have actually a worse problem" because the news may prompt enemy forces to try to demonstrate they can still attack.

Former Clinton administration United Nations ambassador Richard Holbrooke also warned that Saddam's capture may not change much. "Remember, these Baathists who have been supporting him are not going to stop because he's been captured," he told NBC's Tom Brokaw.

Though Holbrooke admitted that the Iraqi dictator's arrest was "a big blow" to the insurgents, he said they weren't fighting for Saddam, but instead "for their political movement and for their very lives."

"Whether or not this ends the war - I don't think it will - is the critical question," Holbrooke said.



TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2004; captured; clintonistas; greatnews; gulfwar2; gulfwarii; iraq; iraqaftermath; lostdems; saddam; saddamcaptured; saddamhussein; topplesaddam
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To: kattracks
ALL YOUR SADDAM ARE BELONG TO US!

Brhahahahah!

21 posted on 12/14/2003 8:33:39 AM PST by oyez (Scratch one mad dog.)
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To: kattracks
I heard some idiot caller on CSPAN say that Bush stole money from Iraq for himself. It was hysterical.
22 posted on 12/14/2003 8:33:54 AM PST by rintense
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To: YaYa123
why Saddam didn't kill himself to avoid being taken alive

Odd, isn't it, how those who encourage suicide bombers don't seem as eager to share that same fate?

24 posted on 12/14/2003 8:37:17 AM PST by P.O.E.
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To: JOE6PAK
"Though Holbrooke admitted that the Iraqi dictator's arrest was "a big blow" to the insurgents,errr DEMOCRATS!

You got that right! The rats can't be a happy bunch today.

25 posted on 12/14/2003 8:39:27 AM PST by Tabi Katz
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To: rintense
I heard some idiot caller on CSPAN say that Bush stole money from Iraq for himself. It was hysterical.

LOL. Maybe that was why he flew into Iraq on Thanksgiving, to pick up the bag of money.

26 posted on 12/14/2003 8:42:53 AM PST by 11Bush
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To: P.O.E.
yep!

another case of "do as I say, not as I do."

But hey! George Will on ABC just said a knee slapper:
Will said, "What a trifecta (sp) week for George Bush.

"The Dow goes over 10,000,
Saddam gets captured,
and Al Gore endorses anti war Howard Dean"

27 posted on 12/14/2003 8:43:46 AM PST by YaYa123 (@ What a GLORIOUS DAY.com)
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To: kattracks
Richard Clarke "I don't think.." Rallying cry of the Dim left.

All the clinton crud should be placed on trial as terrorist enablers.

28 posted on 12/14/2003 8:44:08 AM PST by earonthief (YeeHaaaa)
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To: NonValueAdded
This moron has no clue what makes the child-like Arab mind tick. Saddam was a boogy man. Now he is just a pathetic loser. MOSt iraqis will drop him like a hot rock.

Tia

29 posted on 12/14/2003 8:44:35 AM PST by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
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To: 11Bush
That's exactly what she said! She said that's why he didn't go through customs- because he stole the money!
30 posted on 12/14/2003 8:45:58 AM PST by rintense
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To: kattracks
Keep it up, dems. You're proving to the American people that you're too insane to hold office, any office--including dogcatcher. Freepers have known this all along, but now you're proving it to the voters--every time you open your bitter, whining, lying potty-mouths.

31 posted on 12/14/2003 8:47:15 AM PST by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
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To: tiamat
Indeed, and from the counter-terrorism chief no less. Unbelievable (but oh so predictable).
32 posted on 12/14/2003 8:49:06 AM PST by NonValueAdded ("Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." GWB 9/20/01)
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To: NonValueAdded
What the HELL is wrong with those people???????????

As a party they are desparate.

The dumbest man in the world /sarcasm> is politically cleaning the clock of the smartest woman /sarcasm> in the world and her party!

33 posted on 12/14/2003 8:49:33 AM PST by EGPWS
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To: kattracks
This is wonderful...
This event will drive many Democrats to reveal their stupidity and hatred for America..
They will say some of the stupidest things possible, to detract from the wonderful event...

They're dead...
The election will be a route....the ignorant bastards will have to find a REAL job...

Semper Fi
34 posted on 12/14/2003 8:54:36 AM PST by river rat
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To: kattracks
This sounds like something Paul Begala or Rahm Emmanuel might say.
35 posted on 12/14/2003 8:59:19 AM PST by Devil_Anse
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To: MizSterious
Just for tickles, I went to DU for the first time in over a year... here's my favorite comments so far...

thread: Hussein capture to boost markets...Bush's election effort to benefit
Kalian: Very suspicious IMHO.... And I theorize that OBL will be captured sometime close to the presidential elections. Dubya will continue to be prez...

bspence: According to so many reports, there's going to be a recovery. We're fucked in 2004. =^(

thread: Saddam Hussein Captured Alive Near Tikrit
Zuni: many of these insurgents have huge ammo dumps, military grade weaponry and military training using things like mines, mortars, rocket launchers, explosives. This was obviously planned before the war.

seekthetruth: interesting that it just happened NOW of all times, when chimpy's poll numbers were dropping like stones. magnificent timing!

GloriaSmith: Fool me once with a fake turkey in Iraq, shame on you.... fool me twice with a fake turkey in Iraq, shame on me

Randomkoolzip: It seems a pyrrhic victory, at best.

Angry Amish: Those Repub assclowns wills use these pictures over and over. I bet his show trial will start about a week before the election next year. We will be beat up as unpatriotic when those jerks are trying to destroy the country. Don't the people realize Bush is Hitler?

.

The nice part is that there are dissenting opinions on that thread. Bush isn't Hitler, this is good news, and the troops could be safer, etc. Maybe they've realized that their extremism costs them more than it gains them... dagnabbit!! ;^)

36 posted on 12/14/2003 9:00:14 AM PST by Teacher317
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To: NonValueAdded
DEMOCRATS: THE PARTY OF THE DEPRESSED!
37 posted on 12/14/2003 9:00:48 AM PST by Hildy
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To: nutmeg
They will never say good job to those troops...and IF they do, their hearts will be in the wrong place.
38 posted on 12/14/2003 9:06:44 AM PST by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
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To: YaYa123
Saddam may be like el-Whatzizname, the #3(?) Al-Queda guy we got in Pakiville. Tough guy around his own, but singing canary when captured.
39 posted on 12/14/2003 9:08:48 AM PST by tbpiper
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To: kattracks
Thanks to the Clintonistas we shall be cleaning up their mess for years to come.
God bless our troops!
40 posted on 12/14/2003 9:15:33 AM PST by Tedmeister
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