This is an American First [The Capture of Saddam]

Happy Saddam Day! | By Lazamataz

[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.

[Sapper26]

The U.S. did capture his spare wooden leg, tho.

[Rebelbase]

Oops..Mexican War, missed that.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

I'm not counting aboriginal tribesmen. ;^)

Well how about Manuel Noriega then?

[Revolting cat!]

Didn't we also get whatisisname the President of Neverland?

[ummark]

Ralph,
I had settled on Saddam Claus, but I like your take much more. Outstanding!

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Has America ever captured the leader of a foreign country that was our enemy before?

Does capturing Bill Clinton and then letting him walk count?

[Gritty]

I'm not counting aboriginal tribesmen

Picky, picky, picky!

[txhurl]

Actually, we captured him by accident: he was dressed pretty much like Saddam, when a guy found him in a swamp. When Santa Anna was taken before the other prisoners at San Jacinto, the prisoners saluting him and calling him El Presidente clued us to who we really had.

[Lazamataz]

Does capturing Bill Clinton and then letting him walk count?

NO! NO! NOTHING COUNTS BUT SADDAM!

Dammit.

There, I said it. ;^)

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

He had just finished nailing a yellow haired beauty that had become his "traveling companion". I think her last name was Morgan, and she is referred to as the Yellow Rose of Texas in song I believe. Anyway, while finishing his post-coital fried chicken, he heard the advance of Houston's men and ditched his woman, grabbed one of her dresses and made a run for the reed lined river where he was later picked up, a one-legged, cross dressing, chicken breathed coward.

Much like Saddam, except I was wrong that they didn't pick him up in Mexico City. Ironically, Santa Anna died many years after the Mexican War of old age in his stately manor on Long Island, New York.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Man - I just want to thank you for that album Astral Weeks. Awesome, awesome work!

[nutmeg]

bttt

[desertcry]

Great job! A picture does say more than a 1000 words.

[elli1]

I think Idi Amin was living in France.

[F16Fighter]

I believe the decision to release immediate info that Saddam has been caught should have been averted -- despite the deserved euphoric fanfare...

Spec-ops should have snuck Saddam out in secret and interrogated the hell out of him for about two weeks, and bled out every iota of info and taped it -- until finally releasing him.

After babbling on initially, predictably the SOB has clammed up. And now he'll be pampered in luxury and advised by International Alan Dershowitz Law Experts until somebody hatches a judicial plan that ensures Hussein's @ss will be fried.

[desertcry]

I wonder if our military used blathers DNA to verify sadams identity.

[Vidi_Vici_Vinnny]

Bad Santa sez
"We can't all be winners now , can we kid!"

[hoot2]

"Pssst, we got Santa Anna in the Mexican War. "

yes; but we didn't get vicente fox...
n he's winning...

[hoot2]

"Really? I thought he and Elvis got married. "

nope; elvis's daughter married michael jackson, n sold him a baby boy.

[mlmr]

Actually, I thought they should have shot him on site. A dead Saddam is more valuable than a live Saddam. He is just costing us money and will end up bartered back to his henchmen. As long as he is alive the movement is alive.