Dead men tell no tales to an all Democratic congress.

[Bluebear]

All of a sudden some big 30 day emergency deadline for the hanging. Do the math, just sayin'.

[ck4829]

1. It's not 30 days anymore, they shortened it

It may be by the end of the year.

[valerief]

2. Great picture. nt

[shance]

3. Works like a charm. Then they can create their patsies who supposedly

will attack the USA because of Saddamn.

Voila!

Another manufactured hornets nest sponsored by those who profit from them.

Hint: Its not the Muslims.........

[90-percent]

4. the pic

is that a real pic or photoshopped?

-85% jimmy

[Virginian]

5. Bush wouldn't leave Iraq with Saddam living.

There is just too much of a chance he would resume power.

I believe the next leader of Iraq will be pretty much like Saddam or worse.

[leveymg]

6. Here's the math: 3,000 American KIA in Iraq

That's the nexus.

Prediction: Saddam hangs within 24 hours of the announcement. Pictures of his hanging body will be leaked immediately. There'll be a grissly orgy of smirky self-congratulations by Bush and his henchmen. It'll crowd out the bad news of that news cycle.

[Bitwit1234]

7. Take spotlight off the dem congress taking over

[Bluebear]

9. More than the taking over, think hearings & investigations. nt

[Uncle Joe]

8. I agree with your math

Thanks for posting Bluebear

Kicked and recommended

[Igel]

10. Not 'all of a sudden.'

It's always been 30 days; when the lower court's decision was handed down, the MSM reported that there were so many days for Saddam's lawyers to file an appeal, and if the appellate court upheld the decision the execution had to be within 30 days.

The time frame was set when the lower court rendered its verdict. There was never much of a chance that the appellate court would overturn it.

[NNN0LHI]

12. And every bit of what you explained was coordinated by the occupation forces

Iraq is not a sovereign country. Iraq is under foreign military occupation. The final dates for anything that happens in Iraq comes directly from the occupiers.

Don

[Bluebear]

14. Infuckingdeed. nt

[formercia]

11. Fraternity brothers

back when saddam was rumsfeld's handler.

[stevedeshazer]

13. Sweet Jesus. Look at Rummy's left arm.

Bet they don't have their pants on.

[beam me up scottie]

15. How convenient!

Water under the bridge...

Of course, if that's what's going on, they're probably right; most American Idiots have the attention span of a gnat and will consider it just that.

[Bluebear]

16. 'Hussein knew a great deal about the United States’ role in Iraq'

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20061229_saddam_hussein_executed

It is a very frightening precedent that the United States can invade a country on false pretenses, depose its leader and summarily execute him without an international trial or appeals process. This is about vengeance, not justice, for if it were the latter the existing international norms would have been observed. The trial should have been overseen by the World Court, in a country that could have guaranteed the safety of defense lawyers, who, in this case, were killed or otherwise intimidated.

The irony here is that the crimes for which Saddam Hussein was convicted occurred before the United States, in the form of Donald Rumsfeld, embraced him. Those crimes were well known to have occurred 15 months before Rumsfeld visited Iraq to usher in an alliance between the United States and Saddam to defeat Iran.


The fact is that Saddam Hussein knew a great deal about the United States’ role in Iraq, including deals made with Bush’s father. This rush to execute him had the feel of a gangster silencing the key witness to a crime.

At Nuremberg in the wake of World War II the U.S. set the bar very high by declaring that even the Nazis, who had committed the most heinous of crimes, should have a fair trial. The U.S. and allies insisted on this not to serve those charged, but to educate the public through a believable accounting. In the case of Saddam, the bar was lowered to the mud, with the proceedings turned into a political circus reminiscent of Stalin’s show trials.