Posted on 12/29/2006 9:55:42 PM PST by jdm
Statement of President Bush on the death by hanging of Saddam Hussein, as provided by the White House:
Today, Saddam Hussein was executed after receiving a fair trial — the kind of justice he denied the victims of his brutal regime.
Fair trials were unimaginable under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule. It is a testament to the Iraqi people's resolve to move forward after decades of oppression that, despite his terrible crimes against his own people, Saddam Hussein received a fair trial. This would not have been possible without the Iraqi people's determination to create a society governed by the rule of law.
Saddam Hussein's execution comes at the end of a difficult year for the Iraqi people and for our troops. Bringing Saddam Hussein to justice will not end the violence in Iraq, but it is an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain and defend itself, and be an ally in the War on Terror.
We are reminded today of how far the Iraqi people have come since the end of Saddam Hussein's rule and that the progress they have made would not have been possible without the continued service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform.
Many difficult choices and further sacrifices lie ahead. Yet the safety and security of the American people require that we not relent in ensuring that Iraq's young democracy continues to progress.
Nice collection...especially that one with the call to Saddam.
Re your tagline, finally someone blames Bush for something he actually had a hand in bringing about.
Tom T. hasn't recorded anything in awhile. Wonder if he's done... That would be a pity.
Yeah, we've been practicing that for a long time now, just for this moment! :)
Old dogs and children....
What follows makes plastic shredder quite irrelevant
One thing the victims of Saddam won't have to do is watch Saddam mock the judges and the court system any more..His arrogance must have really been so hard to watch.
The murderous tyrant is dead..Thank you to our armed forces and to our President for freeing Iraq, for capturing Saddam and to the Iraqi court system for a fair trial and swift execution.
If Saddam murdered civilians in 1982, then why is Donald Rumsfeld, representing President Reagan, shaking hands with Saddam in 1983?
Shaking Hands: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein greets Donald Rumsfeld, then special envoy of President Ronald Reagan, in Baghdad on December 20, 1983
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82
The Reagan administration and its special Middle East envoy, Donald Rumsfeld, did little to stop Iraq developing weapons of mass destruction in the 1980s, even though they knew Saddam Hussein was using chemical weapons "almost daily" against Iran, it was reported yesterday.
US support for Baghdad during the Iran-Iraq war as a bulwark against Shi'ite militancy has been well known for some time, but using declassified government documents, the Washington Post provided details in 2002 about Mr Rumsfeld's role, and about the extent of the Reagan administration's knowledge of the use of chemical weapons.
Furthermore, in 1988, the Dow Chemical company sold $1.5m-worth (£930,000) of pesticides to Iraq despite suspicions they would be used for chemical warfare.
Hyprocrisy at its best?
You decide ...
Excellent remarks, and well-salted with a whole lotta mentions of "the Iraqi people".
"That's what you get for trying to kill my Father."
"Mission accomplished"?
Yawn
"Diplomacy"
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