Posted on 12/07/2005 8:57:02 AM PST by Ooh-Ah
In declaring the U.S. could not win in Iraq, DNC chairman Howard Dean also blamed the U.S. invasion for bringing Al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to the country, saying, "We need a force in the Middle East, not in Iraq but in a friendly neighboring country to fight Zarqawi, who came to Iraq after this invasion."
In fact, Zarqawi has long been understood to have arrived in Iraq nearly a year before the U.S. invasion, where he received treatment for a leg injury sustained in Afghanistan. He is thought to have associated with the Ansar al-Islam terror group in northern Iraq, and later merged his own operations with .
Reason for Retaliation?
Saddam Hussein defense attorney and former U.S. attorney general Ramsey Clark says Saddam's secret police had good reason to retaliate against the people of Dujail after a botched assassination attempt in 1982 and compares the massacre of 148 men and boys to the actions of the U.S. Secret Service. Clark tells The New York Times that the president's body guards can get rough too, noting, "I've been knocked down several times when they see some kind of threat."
What's more, Clark says Saddam shouldn't be blamed for the actions of his underlings, saying, "he was the president of the country, he was in a war, he was a pretty busy guy."
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Mr. Clark, step awaaaaaay from the bong!
Someone muzzle Clark. In fact, I think the President needs to demand an apology to the Secret Service for this remark. This is truly abominable and an affront to the men and women who daily put their lives on the line.
With Howard Dean & Ramsey Clark et al around;
makes one thankful that we have freedom of speech in America...
makes it easy to spot the idiots! LOL
this whole deal has got to be an act,this guy cannot be this stoopid and be in his position politically....come over here to and fight us so we don't have to fight you in Iraq,please? what a goof
Ramsay Clark said last night on Fox news that when they meet with Saddam, Saddam reads and/or writes poetry. (Saddam's not paying attention)
Uhh...Howard....
ZARQAWI CAME TO IRAQ BEFORE THE INVASION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In related news, Clark also says Hitler shouldn't be blamed for the Holocaust since he was a pretty busy guy and couldn't and shouldn't be held responsible for the actions of his underlings...(SARCASM/OFF)
Yep...and Ramsey Clark's dad was on the Supreme Court.
I can't remember which, but this bozo is either a Clinton or Carter Administration product...and, would you expect any different from such a person?
I saw this yesterday. Pretty frickin' unbelievable.
hmm.. innocent Iraqi girl imprisoned and tortured for 4 years (from age 16-20) is the equivalent to Clark getting bumped into by the Secret Service. I see. That's perfectly reasonable.
By chance, are Democrats born on another planet and then podded down in streams of lightning, or is it more simply that they are weaned straight from mother's milk to LSD?
Saddam will be found not guilty and will be back in power in two years.
Saddam is running the trial not the judge.
Today he boycotted the trial. The Judge should have had him tied and gagged and the trial should have proceeded. Instead Saddam demanded more clean underwear and fresher coffee. The Stepinfetchit Judge said Yassuh Mr. Saddam,
Today is Wednesday... TRASH DAY!
Here too in NYS. Wish I had a bag big enough to accommodate our Jr. Senator.
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