Home› A Moving Train

If Saddam was evil, why is Bush following his History?

macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
edited December 2007 in A Moving Train
Its ok to kill sunnis?
Post edited by Unknown User on

Comments

  • Matt8townsendMatt8townsend Posts: 112
    I think you're overcomplicating the issue.
  • macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    what do you mean? Saddam killed shiites for underminding the iraqi government. they were supporting Iran...
  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    macgyver06 wrote:
    what do you mean? Saddam killed shiites for underminding the iraqi government. they were supporting Iran...

    Saddam threatened, jailed or killed anyone that was a political threat. It has nothing to do with shiites or sunnis.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • Bu$chlagerBu$chlager Posts: 498
    macgyver06 wrote:
    what do you mean? Saddam killed shiites for underminding the iraqi government. they were supporting Iran...


    Saddam killing shiites and US/Iraqi forces doing so are apples and oranges based on the way they are carried out.

    Bush has shiite blood on his hands for sure, but he can rationalize by saying it's in the name of freedom for Iraqi people who want democracy. In his eyes they are interfering with progress. He doesn't seek out to destroy them, but he will if they interfere with his objective.

    Saddam had shiite blood on his hands in the form of torture chambers, rape rooms, etc, in the name of weilding his tyrannical oppresive rule. He sought out to kill shiites with the simple rationalization that they were shiites.

    - Dan
  • Bu$chlagerBu$chlager Posts: 498
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    Saddam threatened, jailed or killed anyone that was a political threat. It has nothing to do with shiites or sunnis.

    Well put.

    This is why one man was feared and eventually hung, and another man is hated and eventually will likely go down as a very poor leader.

    - Dan
  • MilestoneMilestone Posts: 1,140
    My question is:

    If the removal of Sadaam was one of the main reasons we invaded Iraq......why didn't Bush mention the execution of Sadaam even once during the State of the Union Address?
    11-2-2000 Portland. 12-8-2002 Seattle. 4-18-2003 Nashville. 5-30-2003 Vancouver. 10-25-2003 Bridge School. 9-2-2005 Vancouver.
    7-6-2006 Las Vegas. 7-20-2006 Portland. 7-22-2006 Gorge. 9-21-2009 Seattle. 9-22-2009 Seattle. 9-26-2009 Ridgefield. 9-25-2011 Vancouver.
    11-29-2013 Portland. 10-16-2014 Detroit. 8-8-2018 Seattle. 8-10-2018 Seattle. 8-13-2018 Missoula.  5-10-2024 Portland.  5-30-2024 Seattle.
  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    Milestone wrote:
    My question is:

    If the removal of Sadaam was one of the main reasons we invaded Iraq......why didn't Bush mention the execution of Sadaam even once during the State of the Union Address?

    Because he's a fucking idiot. You haven't figured this out by now?
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • MilestoneMilestone Posts: 1,140
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    Because he's a fucking idiot. You haven't figured this out by now?


    Yes. I understood that in 2000.

    I just figured that jackass could use the Sadaam execution as one of his "victories" in Iraq.
    11-2-2000 Portland. 12-8-2002 Seattle. 4-18-2003 Nashville. 5-30-2003 Vancouver. 10-25-2003 Bridge School. 9-2-2005 Vancouver.
    7-6-2006 Las Vegas. 7-20-2006 Portland. 7-22-2006 Gorge. 9-21-2009 Seattle. 9-22-2009 Seattle. 9-26-2009 Ridgefield. 9-25-2011 Vancouver.
    11-29-2013 Portland. 10-16-2014 Detroit. 8-8-2018 Seattle. 8-10-2018 Seattle. 8-13-2018 Missoula.  5-10-2024 Portland.  5-30-2024 Seattle.
  • miller8966miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    Milestone wrote:
    Yes. I understood that in 2000.

    I just figured that jackass could use the Sadaam execution as one of his "victories" in Iraq.

    HE didnt want him hung.
    America...the greatest Country in the world.
  • Bu$chlagerBu$chlager Posts: 498
    Milestone wrote:
    Yes. I understood that in 2000.

    I just figured that jackass could use the Sadaam execution as one of his "victories" in Iraq.

    Well, conisidering how botched the execution was, I'm sure he didn't want to feed his opponents anything extra. I mean c'mon, the liberal attack dogs would have been all over it, accusing him of "reveling in the lynch mob of Iraq that he so proudly has created."

    Or, he's just an idiot. He also failed to mention Katrina once. Still trying to figuure that one out. How do you bring up $1.5 Billion for Darfur and not one word is spoken about an American city that is still in shambles???

    Is it 2008 yet?

    - Dan
  • MilestoneMilestone Posts: 1,140
    Well, botched hanging or not.....it was one of Bush's objective to bring Sadaam to justice. He achieved it and failed to discuss it. I give a thumbs down.
    11-2-2000 Portland. 12-8-2002 Seattle. 4-18-2003 Nashville. 5-30-2003 Vancouver. 10-25-2003 Bridge School. 9-2-2005 Vancouver.
    7-6-2006 Las Vegas. 7-20-2006 Portland. 7-22-2006 Gorge. 9-21-2009 Seattle. 9-22-2009 Seattle. 9-26-2009 Ridgefield. 9-25-2011 Vancouver.
    11-29-2013 Portland. 10-16-2014 Detroit. 8-8-2018 Seattle. 8-10-2018 Seattle. 8-13-2018 Missoula.  5-10-2024 Portland.  5-30-2024 Seattle.
  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    Milestone wrote:
    Well, botched hanging or not.....it was one of Bush's objective to bring Sadaam to justice. He achieved it and failed to discuss it. I give a thumbs down.

    Didn't Saddam's melon pop off or something?....I never actually saw the execution but I heard it was kind of like watching a 3 Stooges episode. Next time they should poke him in the eye before they drop the noose over his head.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    maybe the video is fake
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    Milestone wrote:
    My question is:

    If the removal of Sadaam was one of the main reasons we invaded Iraq......why didn't Bush mention the execution of Sadaam even once during the State of the Union Address?

    Saddam was tried for his crimes against the Iraqi people not crimes against the US. So his pinishment, and guilt, could only be determined by the Iraqi judicial system not the US government.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • puremagicpuremagic Posts: 1,907
    miller8966 wrote:
    HE didnt want him hung.

    Then why was it done on a U.S. military base? Bush didn't want Saddam killed. Bush wanted him to die in a manner befitting total shame and total humiliation and what better way to say cheers, than a good ol fashion hanging. Bonus, it was botched, so he got to see him twitch.
    SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
Sign In or Register to comment.