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2003-04-12 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2003-04-12 02:43 am|| || Front Page|| [15 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Perhaps the Field Marshal and Generals wearing Baath Party uniforms who just surrendered to the Marines at the Palastine Hotel will have some info on the weapons and location/status of our POW's - just saw it live on Fox (yep RG, on Fox)

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-12 08:36:32|| 2003-04-12 08:36:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Reuters says it was Saddam's top scientific advisor - Al-Masadi? one of the 55

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-12 08:40:54|| 2003-04-12 08:40:54|| Front Page Top

#3 oops.... General Amer Al-Saadi

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-12 08:50:24|| 2003-04-12 08:50:24|| Front Page Top

#4 I'll bet Al-Saadi tells a different story to the US than the "We have no WMD's..." bit he used to parrot to the world press... He will have no special value to us if he doesn't come clean - and you can bet he knows it. To save his sorry ass, we'll get much if not all of the truth, whatever that turns out to be.

Regards Blix & El-Baradai - I suggest that absolutely NO UN personnel be permitted within the borders of Iraq. If found, they should be expelled. The UN is DEAD. They have no mandate or rights in Iraq and they convey no legitimacy to anything.

The US should do this alone, if necessary, and we'd better do it right. We get one shot. If we DO get it right, then it will unravel the whole M.E. collection of Dictatorships and Monarchies. This is a GREAT thing, IMHO. These guys are the main providers of funds, weapons, material, and bases of operations for terrorism. THIS must be done to win TWAT (The War Against Terror). Love that acronym...

Our stickiest problem, IMHO, will be our own slimy sneaky shit-for-brains politicians - many of them will attempt to hijack the post-war phase - for petty personal gain. Biden and others are already working on their PR game. Everyone needs to do their part to keep their own Senators and Reps honest. They fear US, for we give them their power. Let's use that to slap 'em down when they get in the way.

Posted by PD 2003-04-12 09:51:50|| 2003-04-12 09:51:50|| Front Page Top

#5 We should allow UN people into Iraq only if they wear UN insignia. That way the Iraqis can show them the back of the foot and those images will reinforce the message that the weasels have yet to get.

Posted by mhw 2003-04-12 20:30:02|| 2003-04-12 20:30:02|| Front Page Top

#6 If I was Joe Iraqi, and I saw a UN insignia chap, I think that I would find the nearest knife or machete and start sharpening it in the UN-ik's presence and see what happens...

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-04-12 21:19:06|| 2003-04-12 21:19:06|| Front Page Top

#7 The UN has 12 years to find weapons, and didn't. Now they're bitching that we haven't found any that satisfies them in 3 weeks?
I dunno....maybe we could have found something if we weren't distracted by discoveries of torture chambers and kiddie jails.

Posted by Baba Yaga 2003-04-13 00:40:30|| 2003-04-13 00:40:30|| Front Page Top

#8 The many rumored-but-didn't-pan-out WMD reports we've already had should bolster the credibility of our present inspectors. If they were out to fake or plant evidence, they would have done so already. Instead, they spend their time shooting down overblown reports filed by embedded reporters and rumor mongers. The logic of why they would make stuff up after shooting down so much made-up stuff simply escapes me. Guess I'm unfit to be a Hollywood actor, Democratic politician or network newscaster. Sorry 'bout that.

Posted by tbn 2003-04-13 01:01:54|| 2003-04-13 01:01:54|| Front Page Top

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