Spare us the pity for Iraq's ex-tyrant (some beautiful liberal-slamming from foreign press)

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | December 18, 2003 | Miranda Devine

[dighton]

Cardinal Says U.S. Treated Saddam 'Like a Cow'

[Catspaw]

Toss Joerg Haider into that mix:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1041955/posts

[ken5050]

You know, actually, all the wacky anti-Bush crap, like Rep McDermott's stupid statement, or Albright's comment, is a good thing for the GOP politically....yup, it's red meat to the hard core left/lib Dems, but they were never gonna vote for Bush anyways..but, as it continues, and escalates, it'll be enough to push some in the middle to Bush...and could tip the balance in some key Senate races..

[Wonder Warthog]

"Cardinal Says U.S. Treated Saddam 'Like a Cow'"

Maybe they mean "Kobi beef" type cows. I understand those are pretty well treated.

[bullseye1911]

After months on the run, the once-dapper despot with a hygiene fetish was probably keen for a body overhaul.

Latest subject for "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"?

[TheSpottedOwl]

"There was always a fear that maybe Saddam will come back," said Najim. "Today the Iraqi people feel free."

That's what it's all about, folks!

What the heck is up with the Vatican these days?

[b4its2late]

Thanks for the post.

Some guy, who claimed to be a "historian" (Weintraub was his last name, I think) was on Hannity and Puke saying how terrible it was of us to show Saddam in such a humiliating way. That we were putting it in the face of the Arabs of the world.

He also said we should not have shown the pictures of dead Uday and Qusay either. We should have brought in some "respected" Arab leader that the Arab masses would believe, show him the bodies and the living Saddam, and let him spread the word that the brothers were dead and Saddam in captivity..... Yeah, right, that would work.

These nuts are delusional.

And in fairness to Puke, I think he actually did NOT agree with the guest they had on, but I always tune him out when watching, so I may have been mistaken or dreaming or something.......

[dead]

In defense of The Vatican, it was just the utterings of some lone Italian cardinal. It wasn't a proclamation, though who knows what they might say if it was.

[dfwgator]

The other reason they were examining his teeth was to insure he wasn't going to pull a Hermann Goering and swallow a cyanide pill.

[GeronL]

Interesting. This newspaper is nicknamed the Saddam Times by Australian conservatives!

[McGavin999]

Yes, but I hate listening to it and what's worse, our troops hate listening to it. I just got a letter from a very depressed soldier who can't understand why Americans can't see what's going on, why we're divided when it's so obvious what the Iraqis have gone through.

They hate that their CiC is under constant attack.

[Billthedrill]

"Oh, Saddam, dahling, that kitchen is just a wreck, the living room looks like something out of a bunker - I'm seeing something in a puce here, sweetheart. Now, those clothes - the earthtone look is so 80's, my dear, and anyhow they didn't mean real earth..."

[Romulus]

For your consideration.

[FastCoyote]

You are exactly right. The hard left is now literally foaming at the mouth. What are they going to be like 11 months from now? Hllary has just said she believes Bush will suspend the 2008 elections. Dean can't even admit it's good for Iraq that Saddam was captured. This is the stuff of funny farms. We may be seeing a truly tectonic collapse of the left. I am having soooo much fun watching, and all we have to do is just sit back and act nonchalant because they are eating themselves alive.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

...what kind of message is the Vatican sending about mass-murdering dictators?

I would surmise that the Vatican is trying to send a very old message that most people on the planet seem unable to grasp.

"That which you do unto the least of my brothers, you do unto me."

I do not defend Sadaam or his ilk, nor am able to forgive him as Jesus would have...but the message is valid if we would have ourselves deemed worthy to dwell in the house of the Lord.

[GeronL]

The guy doing the examining wasn't there to do a cleaning

[ken5050]

One small point..not that I feel the need to defend her, but she wasn't sayign that Bush would suspend elections in 08..she meant that if he's re-elected in 04, and theus not havign to worry about facing the voters again, he'll feel free to push his hard-right agenda, especially since the GOP controls Congress....it's a valid observation, from a political standpoint..imagine the damge Slick wiould have been able to do in his second term if not distracted by the Monica mess..

[GeronL]

So, giving Saddam the White Glove medical care treatment is a BAD thing???

[Wissa]

Cardinal Says U.S. Treated Saddam 'Like a Cow'

Well, dressing him up in that crusty black pants-suit WAS a bit much.