Tattoos displayed by Lance Cpl. Brad Sullivan of Chicago commemorate the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 ("Never Forget") and the Osprey crash that killed members of India Company. (Sun photo by John Makely) Apr 8, 2003
Posted on 12/14/2003 12:04:30 PM PST by Diva Betsy Ross
If someone could help me post this (photos) here I think it would be great for today.
Jeff Head had posted on but old thread ( Red Blooded Message) does not have working link. Here is the current link:
http://www.jeffhead.com/attack/warning.htm
Cheers to Jeff Head. God bless our troops and Merry Christmas all.
A Bucs fan.
With Courage And Restraint, U.S. Troops Take Saddam Alive [Full text] W anted dead or alive, a breathing Saddam Hussein is much more valuable to the cause of Iraqi peace.
When his troops were being overwhelmed by the U.S.-led coalition, a defiant Saddam Hussein urged them to fight to the death. From hiding, he sent out crazed calls for more killings. Saturday, eight months after losing power, when U.S. troops finally closed in on him, he crawled out of his hole without a fight.
The bearish dictator was armed with a pistol and might easily have decided to go out in a blaze of gunfire, as his sons did when surrounded earlier this year.
The soldiers who uncovered his hide- out couldn't know what to expect, and it is a credit to their courage and training that they didn't shoot first. They deserve awards for bravery.
But what should be done with one of this generation's most notorious villains? Some say he deserves hundreds of death penalties. Others say he should be offered life in prison in exchange for confessing his crimes, turning in his confederates and calling for reconciliation between his loyalists and opponents.
All that is certain at this point is that his personality cult is over. As President Bush said Sunday, ``For Baathist holdouts largely responsible for the current violence, there will be no return to the corrupt power and privilege they once held.''
That is true, but a violent minority has the power to keep Iraq unstable for some time. If these terrorists continue to resort to tactics such as assassinating local leaders and police, dangerous operations such as digging snakes out of their holes must continue.
``The war on terror is a different kind of war, waged capture by capture, cell by cell, and victory by victory,'' Bush told the nation. ``Our security is assured by our perseverance and by our sure belief in the success of liberty.''
Where Saddam was caught, he lacked even a radio, so it's doubtful he was directing the insurrection. He was in a dank, dark hole, a sort of one-man torture chamber of his own design.
It would have been satisfying to simply seal him up there and forget about him. It will be far more satisfying to see him face the Iraqi people and account for all the horror and heartbreak he has caused them. Only good can come from that.
Are you following this story, Osama bin Laden? [End]
As to whether it's any good or not, I have to let others be the complete judge of that. Like anything else, there are certainly those who fall on both sides of that fence. All I can do is put the words down for folks to read.
The old post here on FR links to the orignal host which I have changed in the intervening two years.
So ChadGore figured all of that out on their own and did the leg wrk to link it to the proper server.
Thanks ChadGore!
Nice web site as well. I have been looking for another letter type thread you started about the same time as this one. I have lost the link.. It was really good too. I wish I could find it!
In case you were not aware, Volume IV is out now. I will BUMP you to that thread.
I have posted numerous ones on the 2nd Amendment, Liberty, abortion, military issues, Red China, my book seriesetc.
I will also PING you to a thread I am posting today where I document the capture of Saddam on the WinningIraqiFreedom site.
Best Fregards and best of this Christmas season to you and yours.
Of course I am paraphrasing here. My memory isn't what it used to be...
Today is the last day folks!
God bless the U.S.A. and protect her troops.
I may not be a writer, but I make a terrific straight man for your punch lines, plugs, and bttts.
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