He'll probably release another audiotape in the next few days saying that he has sacrificed his two sons for the struggle and calling on other Iraqis to be prepared to do the same, one veteran of the Iraqi opposition observed. BS. If he did, it would be the first time that Saddam offered concrete details to confirm that he is still alive. Bet he still wouldn't mention what city his sons died in.
1 posted on
07/27/2003 7:49:38 PM PDT by
weegee
To: weegee
Cockburn fails the litmus test (and it doesn't surprise me a bit).
There is no doubt that the deaths of his two sons will be a devastating blow to Saddam Hussein, but those who hope that their loss will leave him a broken man are likely to be disappointed.
No, we're trying to use TOW missiles to leave him a broken man.
He'll probably release another audiotape in the next few days...
Sounds like a really good idea, what with us hot on his trail and all.
What was already a life-and-death struggle for Saddam is now also a blood feud.
Uh oh. Maybe now Saddam will put us on DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION.
Maybe Saddam should be the one worried about starting "blood feuds"... it might not have been such a good idea to try to whack Daddy Bush.
2 posted on
07/27/2003 7:52:37 PM PDT by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: weegee
Oh, no! We're in for it now. We've made him mad.
3 posted on
07/27/2003 7:53:37 PM PDT by
Jeff Chandler
(This tagline has been suspended or banned.)
To: weegee
Those dreams of inheriting the mantle of a modern-day Saladin (Sp?) are becoming increasingly diaphanous.
5 posted on
07/27/2003 7:56:03 PM PDT by
thegreatbeast
(Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
To: weegee
There is no doubt that the deaths of his two sons will be a devastating blow to Saddam Hussein... Even so, his grief must be extreme. Saddam has always been a family man... They were the only people whom he felt he could totally and unreservedly trust, and now he has lost them... Under his subsequent rule, the story of that flight, complete with happy ending, became the stuff of legend, books and a movie.... This time there is little chance of a happy ending. All he can hope for is the legend.Cockburn can't help but load up his column with sympathy for the genocidal mass murderer/torturer/rapist/terrorist/etc. If Bush thinks Saddam is bad, Saddam must be good. If Bush is happy with Saddam's sons dead, then Cockburn must be upset.
6 posted on
07/27/2003 7:57:15 PM PDT by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: weegee
The entire article is a big democrap wet dream. Because rats think if America is defeated, they'll win back the White House. Never mind that America has to be defeated in order to bring that about.
Well, actually, there are other ways to bring that about. But in their MOST CHERISHED wet dream, America is defeated/humiliated/crushed AND they win back the WH.
To: weegee
What was already a life-and-death struggle for Saddam is now also a blood feud. Okay. It is official. This guy is stupid, ignorant or simply nuts.
It. Has. Been. A. Blood. Feud. For. The. Past. Twelve. Years.
Do you think that is clear enough? Or should I break it down a bit more?
8 posted on
07/27/2003 8:05:17 PM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Under advice from my lawyer I will now be known as Mostly Harmless Teddy Bear)
To: weegee
Saddam grief-stricken over the death of his two sons? nonsense. These terrorist-types get off on dying at the hands of the enemy. He is probably still celebrating their deaths as "honorable, and good," as I type this. Did he love his sons? I am sure he did, BUT we cannot attribute European-American feelings of grief to this man. It would be a grave mistake on our part.
9 posted on
07/27/2003 8:07:04 PM PDT by
msdrby
(Go Navy!)
To: weegee
Didn't Saddam try to whack Dubya's daddy?
I'd say it's just the settling of a blood feud.
And now it's personal.....
To: weegee
"Saddam has always been a family man."
I guess the author isn't aware of the fact that the reason Saddam and Uday were distant was because of Uday's resentment over Saddam's mistresses even though he was married to Uday's mother. One can paint any picture when mundane details such as facts are omitted.
12 posted on
07/27/2003 8:17:30 PM PDT by
SpaceBar
To: weegee
the late Uday, who, so Saddam used to quip, had been an "activist" from an early age."How cute. How so like American "activists".
13 posted on
07/27/2003 8:23:14 PM PDT by
Savage Beast
(Vote Democrat! Vote for national--and personal--suicide! It's like being a suicide bomber!)
To: weegee
A BLOOD FEUD!?!?! I'm so scared, I'm gonna go run and hide in the bathroom with my brother.
To: weegee
Bushes 2 - Husseins 0
15 posted on
07/27/2003 8:43:47 PM PDT by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: weegee
He's not crying, he's not upset, HE'S DEAD!!
Saddam went bye bye early in the war, I almost guarantee it, he and his boys are having a party in hell right now.
We reunited them, not separated them!!
16 posted on
07/27/2003 9:43:43 PM PDT by
Aric2000
(If the history of science shows us anything, it is that we get nowhere by labeling our ignorance god)
To: weegee
The Houston Chronicle should fire the author for giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
This is a pro-Saddam spin piece, period.
To: weegee
The Twins are victims of history.
Chelsea is a victim of Bill, Hillary, and her father.
19 posted on
07/27/2003 10:09:31 PM PDT by
SevenDaysInMay
(Federal judges and justices serve for periods of good behavior, not life. Article III sec. 1)
To: weegee
To: weegee
Cockburn? He is angry because of the insults he got in middle school about that name.
24 posted on
07/28/2003 5:04:03 AM PDT by
smith288
('This time I think the Americans are serious. Bush is not like Clinton.' - Uday Hussein)
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