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Posted on 07/29/2003 5:57:14 PM PDT by MJY1288
However, if you are talking about Bush-bashers, Liberty Forum is the place where they all congregate.
So is John Huang really the Admin Moderator ... ??
Of course he is :-)
If Sharon is happy, that's all that matters
The post-war chaos in BigMediaLand just keeps on *chaos-ing,* it seems.
"The United States released grisly photos Thursday to convince Iraqis that Saddam Hussein's sons were dead and to weaken support for an anti-American insurgency, the Associated Press reported last week.
Were they swayed? Fat chance, says AP. Their headline: "Many Iraqis Unswayed by Grisly Photos."
AP: "This is a ploy to try to break the spirit of the resistance," said Jassim al-Robai, a computer engineer who was sharing an ice cream tart with two friends at a restaurant in Baghdad. After seeing the images, Al-Robai said that he wasn't convinced" that Uday and Qusay were maggot factories. There were growing complaints that, even though the "grisly photos" were faked, that whole thing was staged as a "ploy to break the spirit of the resistance," it was against Islamic tradition not to bury the "grisly photos" that were faked as soon as possible after their deaths which never happened because the photos were faked and the whole thing was staged as a 'ploy to break the spirit of the resistance.' Comprende?
But check this out: "Iraqis said on Saturday they were grateful to the United States for ridding them of Saddam Hussein's dreaded sons but now wanted their occupiers to provide the power, water and security they really crave," Reuters reports.
So, Iraqis remain unswayed by U.S. claims of ridding them of Saddam Hussein's dreaded sons, even with "grisly photos" offered as proof, but Iraqis are "very grateful to the United States for ridding them of Saddam Hussein's dreaded sons but now wanted their occupiers to provide the power, water and security they really crave."
Reuters: "Hordes of Iraqis crowded round newspaper stalls in Baghdad for a first look at the gruesome pictures of Uday and Qusay Hussein under banner headlines proclaiming their death."
But, wait!
In a newly aired audiotape purportedly of Saddam's voice, Saddam's voice joined leading Democrats in mourning the deaths of his sons Uday and Qusay, killed in a 6-hour firefight with 'demoralized' U.S. soldiers (see Reuters) in Mosul last week. The event triggered a flood of unwelcome news for war-torn Democrats, with no relief in sight.
The tape, the fifth since the fall of Baghdad April 9, was broadcast on Arab satellite station Al-CNN in Atlanta on Tuesday, offering fresh evidence Saddam's voice survived the war and, though on the run, remains firmly in charge (see CBS "Evening News" with sexed-up Dan Rather).
(No lip movement was detected from a still photo of Saddam's voice shown on Al-CNN during repeated airings of the tape, however, raising fresh questions as to authenticity).
Some senior Democrats have blasted the raid on the villa in Mosul, calling it assassination and over-the-top excess, typical of this terrorist-bashing administration. Saddam's children (Uday the tender age of 37, Qusay the tender age of 39) need not have been killed, an anguished Rep. Charles Rangle (D-Mosul) told Fox News recently. Denying "Saddam's boys" the presumption of innocence and a fair trial before an O.J. jury of their peers in Los Angeles with Judge Lance Ito is downright unAmerican. A valid point. I mean, how do we know Uday and Qusay weren't hunting earnestly for the "real killers"? With their deaths, sadly now we may never know, says Charlie. Rep. Dick Gephardt, leading critic of Maschimoism, blasted Bush's 'Machismoism' in a scorching anti-Machismo speech delivered before the staunchly anti-Machismo San Francisco Bar Association. "No matter the surge of momentary machismo -- as gratifying as it may be for some -- it's short-sighted and wrong to simply go it alone," said the anti-Machismoist from Machismo-notorious Missouri. Gephardt, denying any link in his Machismo speech with last week's 'Machismo' events in Mosul, calls for Machismo regime change in Washington.
In the 9-minute tape, Saddam's voice sharply criticized Bush's Iraq policy, branding Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair as "liars," an apparent reference to Bush's 16-word-long January State of the Uranium address and Blair's September 'sex-uped' dossier. Citing British intelligence, Bush accused Saddam, whom evidence shows repeatedly sought uranium in Africa, of having repeatedly sought uraniun in Africa. Democrats, who deny they staunchly back Saddam, staunchly back Saddam, saying the evidence from British intelligence, cited by Bush, falls far short of justifying removing a sitting president from office. Democrats admit they haven't actually seen the evidence from British intelligence, cited by Bush.
Saddam's voice in the tape took sharp issue with the Coalition 'invasion' of Iraq, chiding Bush and Blair and "their collaborators, followers and agents" for ousting him from office. Nor was Saddam's voice exactly thrilled at the deaths of sweet and kind-hearted Uday and Qusay. He sounded almost as outraged as Charlie Rangle and other leading Democrats.
"I mourn to you the deaths of Uday and Qusay and those who struggled with them," said Saddam's voice, vowing that "America will be defeated."
While Democrats like Bob Graham, former president of Florida, call for Bush's impeachment, Saddam's voice appeared not to go that far.
My two cents...
"JohnHuang2"
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