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Saddam's On the Clock
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 4:17 AM
GEEZER
Keep the Shiny side up
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 5:13 AM
HERO
Quote: But hundreds of Iraqis have inquired about the hangman's job. The adviser, Bassam al-Husseiny, told the US network ABC News that he received about eight to 10 phone calls a day -- and 20 to 30 e-mails -- by Iraqis who wanted to execute Saddam. The candidates came from all three of the country's major religions and from all walks of life, he said -- from high-level government officials to "the tea boy."
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 6:21 AM
RUE
I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 7:25 AM
FINN MAC CUMHAL
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 8:38 AM
HKCAVALIER
Quote:Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal: If certain politically commanding nations, like France and Russia, had stood up to Hussein to begin with, there might be no need for an execution, and possibly even the war.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 8:54 AM
BAGHEERA
Quote:Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal: Certainly the EU will complain, they already are, but that’s hardly anything new. If certain politically commanding nations, like France and Russia, had stood up to Hussein to begin with, there might be no need for an execution, and possibly even the war.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 9:02 AM
CHRISISALL
Quote:Originally posted by HKCavalier: And there is need for an execution now? Why, exactly?
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 9:07 AM
NEWOLDBROWNCOAT
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 10:47 AM
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 4:32 PM
Quote: The same way anyone avoids sentencing of a crime they are justly accused, he could have not committed his many crimes.
Quote:Hussein could have not invaded Kuwait, or could have cooperated with the international community with respect to cease fires and UN resolutions, then the war would never have occurred and he would still be in power.
Quote:Or perhaps, he could have just not killed or tortured so many Kurds and Shiites, so that the court might have found some reason for leniency.
Quote: Why France and Russia did this probably has a lot to do with their various lucrative oil contracts with Iraq, but I suspect there is much more to it
Quote:the end result was that it affirmed Hussein’s miscalculations.
Quote:Hussein, or certainly his advisors, knew that Iraq couldn’t defeat or defend a US/UK lead military action.
Quote:So if France and Russia had stood firmly with the US and the UK and not provided Hussein with any hope (justified or not) that he was safe from a US/UK invasion, I don’t think the war would ever have occurred.
Quote:And whatever comments are made about the US having once supported Saddam, the fact is that neither the US nor the UK supported him after the 1991 Gulf War and the inception of UN Chapter Seven Resolutions.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 6:15 PM
YINYANG
You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.
Quote:so what did the US go into Iraq for... justice or oil ?
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 7:09 PM
Quote:Originally posted by yinyang: Quote:so what did the US go into Iraq for... justice or oil ? Both?
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 7:56 PM
Thursday, December 28, 2006 7:25 AM
Thursday, December 28, 2006 8:44 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal: The whole war for oil stuff is just one big false cause fallacy. The justice thing is romantic, but overly simplistic,
Thursday, December 28, 2006 9:00 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Hero: So if it wasn't the oil and it wasn't for justice...has anyone considered the possibility thay the war isn't really happening?
Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:13 PM
CITIZEN
Quote:Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal: I beleive Europe has probably considered that. In fact, it seems like that's often their approach to most things in the world. "C'est pas vraiment se produit!"
Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:32 PM
Quote:Originally posted by yinyang: HK, really - you should leave that kind of stuff to Chrisisall.
Friday, December 29, 2006 12:43 PM
CREVANREAVER
Friday, December 29, 2006 12:56 PM
Friday, December 29, 2006 1:42 PM
GINOBIFFARONI
Friday, December 29, 2006 2:32 PM
AURAPTOR
America loves a winner!
Quote: Yes, dead men don't tell tales. Killing Hussein before testimony about US complicity is important. And haste is necessary.
Friday, December 29, 2006 3:15 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Sorry, but Saddam's had more than enough time to sing. Seems he has only hours now.
Friday, December 29, 2006 5:12 PM
Friday, December 29, 2006 5:50 PM
PIRATECAT
Saturday, December 30, 2006 1:17 AM
PIRATEJENNY
Saturday, December 30, 2006 2:01 AM
Quote:Originally posted by piratejenny: I don't think his crimes is much worse then George Bush's so until George hangs I don't necessiarly thing Saddam should.
Saturday, December 30, 2006 2:48 AM
Saturday, December 30, 2006 4:33 AM
SUCCATASH
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: With out question the most idiotic and ignorant comment on this, or any other board. Ever.
Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:11 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Succatash: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: With out question the most idiotic and ignorant comment on this, or any other board. Ever. I don't know, this one's hard to beat: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=18&t=26219#431542 Jenny is quite justified being utterly disgusted with all the blood on Bush's hands. "
Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:18 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Quote:Originally posted by piratejenny: I don't think his crimes is much worse then George Bush's so until George hangs I don't necessiarly thing Saddam should. With out question the most idiotic and ignorant comment on this, or any other board. Ever.
Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:25 AM
NECROSCAPE
Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:28 AM
Quote: With all the really, REALLY stupid things I've seen posted in so many places, this response to Jenny's exagguration is now a candidate in the running for the 'most idiotic and ignorant' comment, and it just shows the insane level of blind trust and worship you hold for the office/the man.
Saturday, December 30, 2006 7:03 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: The key factor that you're overlooking here is that Jenny isn't 'exaggurating'. In here demented world, Saddam = Bush. That's where my response is valid, and her comment is so ridiculous.
Saturday, December 30, 2006 7:11 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Succatash: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: With out question the most idiotic and ignorant comment on this, or any other board. Ever. I don't know, this one's hard to beat: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=18&t=26219#431542
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: With all the really, REALLY stupid things I've seen posted in so many places, this response to Jenny's exagguration is now a candidate in the running for the 'most idiotic and ignorant' comment, and it just shows the insane level of blind trust and worship you hold for the office/the man.
Saturday, December 30, 2006 7:22 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal: Oh come on. So if you find fanatical rhetoric about hanging Bush offensive, that means you’re a fanatical worshiper of Bush?
Quote: The other day you condemned AURaptor for saying that Jimmy Carter is an embarrassment
Saturday, December 30, 2006 7:46 AM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Intentional or not, there is blood on his hands, and a case can be made that he's directly responsible for needless death, so being angry at him to the point of being offensive to those who, after all they've seen, still support him doesn't make me lose any sleep.
Saturday, December 30, 2006 8:09 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal: People who claim Bush should be hung doesn’t bother you?
Quote:Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal: So should we hang all the world leaders or just those that you don’t like?
Saturday, December 30, 2006 8:41 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Succatash: Perhaps that's the point Jenny was trying to make?
Saturday, December 30, 2006 10:26 AM
Saturday, December 30, 2006 10:50 AM
Quote: Bush deserves to be impeached, and maybe serve some time for shady dealings involving conflict of interests,...
Saturday, December 30, 2006 12:16 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Can-o-worms time, but in all seriousness, Bush should be impeached for WHAT, specifically?
Saturday, December 30, 2006 1:03 PM
PIRATENEWS
John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!
Quote: US Ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie: "I have direct instructions from President Bush to improve our relations with Iraq. We have considerable sympathy for your quest for higher oil prices, the immediate cause of your confrontation with Kuwait. We can see that you have deployed massive numbers of troops in the south. Normally that would be none of our business." President Saddam Hussein: "As you know, for years now I have made every effort to reach a settlement on our dispute with Kuwait. There is to be a meeting in two days; I am prepared to give negotiations only this one more brief chance. (pause) When we (the Iraqis) meet (with the Kuwaitis) and we see there is hope, then nothing will happen. But if we are unable to find a solution, then it will be natural that Iraq will not accept death." Glaspie: "We have no opinion on your Arab - Arab conflicts, such as your dispute with Kuwait. Secretary (of State James) Baker has directed me to emphasize the instruction, first given to Iraq in the 1960's, that the Kuwait issue is not associated with America." President Saddam Hussein: (smiles) -Videotaped meeting between Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and US Ambassador April Glaspie, July 25, 1990 (Eight days before the August 2, 1990 Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait) Journalist 2: "You knew Saddam was going to invade (Kuwait) but you didn't warn him not to. You didn't tell him America would defend Kuwait. You told him the opposite - that America was not associated with Kuwait." Journalist 1: "You encouraged this aggression - his invasion. What were you thinking?" US Ambassador Glaspie: "Obviously, I didn't think, and nobody else did, that the Iraqis were going to take all of Kuwait." -US Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq, September 2, 1990 Sir Donald Rumsfeld Jewish Knight of the British Empire and CEO of Searl Pharmaceuticals selling chemical and biological WMDs to Saddam to allegedly gas the Kurds (who were gassed by Bush Sr's buddies in Iran) www.awolbush.com
Quote: "This is not my husband but his double. Where is my husband? Take me to my husband! You think I do not know my husband? I was married to the man for more than twenty-five years!" -Sajida Heiralla Tuffah Hussein, wife of Saddam Hussein, visiting the tortured imposter in US Death Camp, "Mrs Saddam says Saddam is not Saddam" www.prisonplanet.tv/articles/june2004/061804saddamnotsaddam.htm www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/saddam-pics.htm
Saturday, December 30, 2006 1:17 PM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: The key factor that you're overlooking here is that Jenny isn't 'exaggurating'. In here demented world, Saddam = Bush. That's where my response is valid, and her comment is so ridiculous. Everyone here knows I'm no fan of Bush, but to compare Saddam to Bush directly and seriously is innacurate at best. Yes, troops have died that might not have had to, but they were not sent in with the expectation that they would be killed. Saddam ordered deaths. Severe incompetance does not necessarly equal evil. Bush deserves to be impeached, and maybe serve some time for shady dealings involving conflict of interests, but not what Saddam got. Saddam got what he ultimately deserved. Trying to be sensible Chrisisall
Saturday, December 30, 2006 1:18 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Succatash: Quote:Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal: People who claim Bush should be hung doesn’t bother you?Jenny never claimed Bush should be hanged, she said Saddam shouldn't have been. Quote:Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal: So should we hang all the world leaders or just those that you don’t like?Perhaps that's the point Jenny was trying to make? "Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."
Saturday, December 30, 2006 2:57 PM
Quote: Saddam was allegedly hanged for murdering 8 Iraqi citizens
Saturday, December 30, 2006 3:49 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Quote: Saddam was allegedly hanged for murdering 8 Iraqi citizens Wrong, Piratedork. It was for the murder of 150 Iraqis, in 1982. They didn't get to the 5k Kurds that Saddam gassed to death in the late 80's. Go watch men rassle in tights, and leave the politics to the adults.
Saturday, December 30, 2006 4:58 PM
Quote: Please don't talk to the crazy person. You'll only encourage him.
Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:04 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Bush should be impeached for WHAT, specifically? What 'conflict of interests? ' ? Hell, if Clinton didn't serve time for his 'shady' campaign dealings with the Red Chinese, what's Bush got to worry ?
Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:08 PM
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