Drudge: BUSH WARNS SADDAM: LEAVE IRAQ IN 72 HOURS

Drudge / CNN ^ | 3.17.03

[chachacha]

And another delay! Keep begging GW. I support you but, you sure don't know when to stop begging. No matter where this nut runs he's a problem GET IT! GEES!

[Fresh Wind]

Defenestration is too good for him. They should just throw him out a window.

[jayef]

Bush to Saddam:

[mhking]

And another delay!

Not a delay. A line in the sand. 1441 did not provide for a date certain. 72 hours is long enough for Saddam to surrender (as if he even entertained that thought), and is a legitimate time-frame to wait under the Geneva convention. Make no mistake. We are on a war footing. Whether it's now or 72 hours from now. It's go-time.

[Thoro]

From what I have seen of Saddam, and admitted it is pretty one sided, but even Quadaffi agrees the man is unstable. He will likely rather die in a last blaze of defiance than accept exile.... of course all it would take is one of his "generals" and 1 bullet to end this mess... Will anyone step up?

I might be reading them wrong, and I don't know how current it was, but in the last "Iraqi generals' meeting" clip I saw on Fox, the "generals" bore an expression of irritation in an "Oy vey, he's going to go through with it" sense. Not a look of enthusiasm anywhere. You have to figure that out of all the Iraqi populace, these are the only guys who realize that they lost the Gulf War, and how badly they lost it.

It's going to be interesting to see the chain of events once the first missile is fired.

[Yaelle]

Saddam: "Should I stay or should I go now?? If I go there will be trouble... If I stay there will be double... Come on and let me know.. should I cool it or should I blow?"

[chachacha]

Thanks! I will try and calm down. BUT, one more delay and I'm going after him myself.

[Partisan Hack]

When was the "72 hour warning" given?

Time might almost be up if it was given yesterday.

[Tymesup]

"Nobody wants him "

Somebody will want all the money Saddam will bring with him. Whether he decides to take this option remains to be seen.

[LS]

Pretty bad when you have to rely on Quadaffi as a judge of moral sanity!

[chuknospam]

In the words of Cartman..."Thank you for your participation. Now, get the fudge out."

"You will respect my authoriti".....

[TxBec]

72 minutes? :)

[Coop]

And another delay! Keep begging GW.

No, it's not. This is exactly what the administration said would happen yesterday.

[Chummy]

Memo

To: Saddam & Sons, Etc.
From: Uncle Sam
Date: 72 Hours Ago
Subject: Your Future


Blink.

We won't.

[MississippiMan]

As I said in another thread, this exile option is a terrible idea. Terrible. Don't be surprised if Saddam accepts it, and then Bush will have painted himself into a similar corner to the one his father created.

MM

[johnb838]

I seriesly can't imagine he allows any generals to be around him with side arms.

[Constitution Day]

defenestrate: possibly one of the best words of all time

Damn! We agree yet again. :)

[Steven W.]

this is a great move of deception on the part of the US I believe. I even saw W out playing with his dog & a golf ball on the White House lawn, reminiscent of Bush 41 splashing around in his motorboat ... Remember how the Iraqis complained that the US didn't play fair in 1991 because we breached their berms in only a few select positions and executed a perfect piercing movement across the country to surprise and surround them? well Saddam should know by know we don't give him another 72 hours hehehe GO USA! FREE IRAQ!

[1Old Pro]

Hmmmm. Not many details about what might or might not happen even if he does surrender.

Because nobody actually expects that he'll leave. IMHO, 72 hours is too long. I'd make it that he must leave by sundown.

[johnb838]

Saddam's Theme: "You're not the boss o' me now!"