Posted on 01/03/2007 4:56:23 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
THE White House today bluntly dismissed the international outcry over the way Saddam Hussein was executed as elevating his "last two minutes" above his brutal, bloody decades in power.
"He got justice," spokesman Tony Snow said, amid criticisms of widely seen footage showing Saddam's Shiite captors mocking him during his last minutes alive and hailing an Iraqi Shi'ite cleric who leads a major militia.
"There seems to be a lot of concern about the last two minutes of Saddam Hussein's life and less about the first 69 (years), in which he murdered hundreds of thousands of people. That's why he was executed," said Mr Snow.
The spokesman noted that a US general in Baghdad had said US forces "would have done it differently" and that Iraq's Government had expressed "some qualms" about the events at the execution.
"The (Iraqi) Government is investigating the conduct of some people within the chamber. And I think we'll leave it at that," said Mr Snow. "But the one thing you've got to keep in mind is: He got justice."
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No amount of tears from moonbats will change that!!!
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Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald promises to indict the leaker.
And no I'm no crying moonbat.
Well put, Tony.
The media and libs can scream and wail as much as they want. Saddam is still dead. Kudos to Tony Snow.
The left is very sad Saddam got what he deserved. They have yet to meet a dictator they didn't like.
LOL
Amen!
There is enough evidence out in the Arab media to show that it was Sadr himself who performed the execution to the chants of 'Moqtada!' That doesn't help our interests in any way.
He did.
Before anyone jumps on me over my up thread comment....my problem is how the execution was handled inside that room....NOT the execution. I can understand why we didn't want to release custody of Saddam to early...no telling what the not ready for prime time Iraqi government would have allowed happen.
Dummy former Clinton Appointee on BOR right now saying that Saddam is a martyr...THESE LEFTIES ARE NUTZ!
How was it handled wrongly except for some chanting by some boobs after the fact?
Tony Snow is really, really good at his job.
I won't jump on you about it. Obviously it isn't good for us due to the problems that Mookie has caused for us.
On the other hand it's hypocritical of the muslim world to whine about it when allowing family members take part in executions is far from unheard of in the mideast.
It amazes me how the MSM is up in arms over the poor bastard getting taunted. ROFL. I love it.
You don't humiliate a person facing death..
Who says? It is human nature; executions are intended to humiliate.
It went well, until the media has had a few days to whoop up the fanatics a little,
I just regret they couldn't have posted a better video of it.
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