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This is an American First [The Capture of Saddam]
Happy Saddam Day!
| By Lazamataz
Posted on 12/14/2003 5:21:02 PM PST by Lazamataz
Has America ever captured the leader of a foreign country that was our enemy before?
- Revolutionary War: Nope.
- 1812 War with Canada: Nope.
- Spanish/American War: Nope.
- World War One: Nope.
- World War Two, Germany: Nope.
- World War Two, Italy: Nope.
- World War Two, Japan: Close, but I don't think we actually took the Emperor into custody.
- Vietnam War: Nope.
This is an unprecedented event. Our behavior will be scrutinized. I have no doubt we will behave honorably -- it is our way -- but this is a precendent-setting event and will probably be the model for all other countries we invade, should the need arise. That is why we should be very careful how we interrogate Saddam. I initially thought turning him over to Mossad was a good idea. I don't think so any more. We should behave mercifully to our vanquished foe, since he is now impotent and it will reflect well upon us throughout the world.
Definitely, do not turn him over the the Hague, or to Iraq, at least not at first.
I believe GITMO would also be a bad idea. His humilation is complete already. Let's treat him no better and no worse than any American prisoner. At the time it is sensible to dispose of him and exact revenge, simply turn him over to Iraq. They'll bloody him and our hands will be clean.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: captured; elvisbinladen; interrogation; movetochat; rat; reddawn; saddam; spiderhole; tikrit; viceisclosed
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posted on
12/14/2003 5:21:04 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
To: Lazamataz
To: RedBloodedAmerican
They both look so sad - Ahhh!
To: Lazamataz
Iraq is going to try him in their courts. Hopefully he will be handed over to the citizens of Iraq for Mussolini-time. Care to see the images of mass graves that relatives of the deceased would like to drop Saddam in?
To: RedBloodedAmerican
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posted on
12/14/2003 5:23:33 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: RedBloodedAmerican
LOL!
6
posted on
12/14/2003 5:23:45 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(A poem, by Lazamataz: "What do we do with Saddam, Now that we gottim?")
To: FreedomCalls
Nice! France is next!
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Bwahahahahahaha
To: FreedomCalls
LOLOLOL!!!
9
posted on
12/14/2003 5:24:49 PM PST
by
Monty22
To: Lazamataz
If the Civil War counts, yes. We did capture Jefferson Davis.
10
posted on
12/14/2003 5:25:14 PM PST
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(If the world ended today, what would the headline be tomorrow?)
To: Lazamataz
Don't we have Noriega still cooling his heels somewhere? Not a major conflict, of course, but we did take him alive.
11
posted on
12/14/2003 5:25:35 PM PST
by
Steel Wolf
(There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.)
To: Lazamataz
That's not Saddam. We've obviously captured Karl Marx and are parading him around as Saddam.
12
posted on
12/14/2003 5:26:15 PM PST
by
rabidralph
(dubyadubyadubyadotdemocratshavealreadylost04dotcom)
To: Lazamataz
Pssst, we got Santa Anna in the Mexican War.
To: Lazamataz
As I stated on another forum - at least Hitler had the ball
s to off himself when he knew the jig was up.
What a cowardly little worm...
To: will1776
If the Civil War counts, yes. We did capture Jefferson Davis.I thought of that, then rejected it. America was too fractured to be called America at that time. It was two nations: The Union and the Confederacy.
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posted on
12/14/2003 5:27:45 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(A poem, by Lazamataz: "What do we do with Saddam, Now that we gottim?")
To: Lazamataz
How about Noriaga from Panama?
To: Lazamataz
Perhaps he can have the cell next to Manuel Noriega!
To: Steel Wolf
Don't we have Noriega still cooling his heels somewhere?Marion Illinois. Saddam's future roomate. :^)
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posted on
12/14/2003 5:28:56 PM PST
by
#3Fan
To: Lazamataz
How about Noriega?
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posted on
12/14/2003 5:29:13 PM PST
by
TheSpottedOwl
(Happy Iraqi Independence Day!!!!)
To: Lazamataz
Isn't Idi Amin living in Alabama somewhere?
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