Hmmm...This sounds familiar...
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.
I had to laugh at another Rat caller this morning, she was completely incoherent and kept saying "Disgusting, horrible, disgusting, a cult." She was talking about the news coverage, I guess.
You missed the thread posted first thing this morning - right after the Saddam announcement - that pleaded with the DUmmies to keep a lid on the extremist sentiments today, because they'll be watched more carefully than is normal.
It didn't do any good, they're completely whacked out.
This idiotic liberal compulsion for comparing Bush and Hitler is getting used much too often for my tastes.
I sent the message below to Yahoo abuse as it openly calls for the assassination of an elected figure. Yahoo Message 53
Perhaps those on this board can do the same to report these sickos to abuse and/or the FBI and Secret Service.
Hmmm...This sounds familiar...
I think a lot of Toon's inexplicable behavior will be explained soon...
I, Hillary, As Queen of AmeriKa, and mistress of choice, I will have a VERY important statement to make on this matter.
We at the DNC will look carefully to see if there was any impropriety. Was Saddam treated fairly, I'll see what the ACLU has to say about this.
Hail Molech!!!
Hitllery
French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, left, and Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) of Iraq (news - web sites) are seen prior to a state dinner in Baghdad, in this December 1974 file photo. Without firing a shot, American forces captured a bearded and haggard-looking Saddam Hussein in a dirt pit across a river from one of his former palaces near his hometown of Tikrit, ending one of the most intensive manhunts in history on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003. (AP Photo/file)
Say aah, Bitch.
He was offered something like 3 times, so perhaps they kept changing the packing but the clintonistas weren't having any part of it regardless.
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