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Democrats mostly pleased but give no credit to Bush
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Posted on 12/14/2003 8:34:19 AM PST by BJungNan

Democratic presidential candidates welcomed news Sunday of Saddam Hussein's capture, saying the arrest of Iraq's former dictator marked a great day for U.S. soldiers, the people of Iraq and of the world.

"I supported this effort in Iraq without regard for the political consequences because it was the right thing to do," Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt said in a statement from Sumter, S.C., where he was campaigning. "I still feel that way now, and today is a major step toward stabilizing Iraq and building a new democracy."

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, who supported the Iraq war but has become increasingly critical of its aftermath, also looked to the future.

"Capturing Saddam Hussein and ensuring that this brutal dictator will never return to power is an important step toward stabilizing Iraq for the Iraqis," Kerry said in a statement from Iowa.

He also urged the Bush administration to involve more U.S. allies in the rebuilding of Iraq and criticized a Pentagon memo that prohibited companies from countries that did not provide troops for the war from bidding on lucrative reconstruction contracts there.

"We need to share the burden, bring in other countries and make it clear to the world that Iraq belongs to the Iraqi people," Kerry said.

Former Gen. Wesley Clark said Saddam's arrest, Saturday night in a town several miles from his hometown of Tikrit, could help squelch the postwar violence.

"I hope this will see a diminishing in the violence against American soldiers in Iraq," Clark said as he arrived in the Netherlands. Clark was on his way to The Hague, to testify in the war crimes trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.

Howard Dean, one of the most critical candidates of Bush's policy, said in West Palm Beach, Fla., that he expected the capture to change "the course of the occupation of Iraq."

"I think the first order of business is to say this is a great day -- I congratulate the Iraqi people -- and to say that this is a great day for both the American military and the American people and for the Iraqi people."

Asked for his reaction, Sen. Joe Lieberman said: "Praise the Lord."

"This is something that I have been working on with a lot of other people, advocating and praying for, for more than 12 years since the Gulf War of '91," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press." Lieberman also called it a "day of triumph and joy for anybody in the world who cares about freedom and human rights and peace."

But Carol Moseley Braun said that while it was good news, Saddam's arrest "does not change the fact that our troops remain in harm's way and we are no closer to bringing them home."


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1 posted on 12/14/2003 8:34:21 AM PST by BJungNan
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To: BJungNan
They are all sweating sour grapejuice.
2 posted on 12/14/2003 8:35:37 AM PST by Paul Atreides (Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
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To: BJungNan
senator clinton didn't release any statements however there were sounds of smashing furniture from her offices.
3 posted on 12/14/2003 8:37:42 AM PST by CWOJackson (President Bush is responsibile for cellulite...)
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To: BJungNan
Lieberman and Gephart show some good grace, the rest, screw them and the Arabian horses they rode in on.
4 posted on 12/14/2003 8:38:01 AM PST by jwalsh07
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To: Paul Atreides
They're just pissed it was a Republican who carried out Democratic President Bartlett's words in episode three of the first season of "West Wing:"
What is the virtue of a proportional response? ... I am suggesting, General, that you, and Admiral Fitzwallace, and Secretary Hutchinson, and the rest of the national security team take the next sixty minutes and put together an American response scenario that doesn't make me think we are just docking somebody's damn allowance!

...Did you know that two thousand years ago a Roman citizen could walk across the face of the known world free of the fear of molestation? He could walk across the earth unharmed, cloaked only in the words "Civis Romanis" I am a Roman citizen. So great was the retribution of Rome, universally understood as certain, should any harm befall even one of its citizens. Where was Morris' protection, or anyone else on that plane? Where is the retribution for the families and where is the warning to the rest of the world that Americans shall walk this earth unharmed, lest the clenched fist of the most mighty military force in the history of mankind comes crashing down on your house!? In otherwords, Leo, what the hell are we doing here?


5 posted on 12/14/2003 8:38:57 AM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: BJungNan
Kerry, on Fox, was loathsome. He spent 20 minutes ripping Bush for being a 'total failure' and whining about how the US won't turn-over its sovereignty to the US one-worlders. It was wonderful to watch this creep destroy his own party.
6 posted on 12/14/2003 8:39:00 AM PST by pabianice
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7 posted on 12/14/2003 8:41:48 AM PST by kstewskis (73 more days until Lent and "The Passion" is released...and no I am NOT giving up Mel for Lent!)
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If you have any doubt about what sniveling weasels the dems are, watch Kerry and Dick Gephardt's TV statements from this morning! They couldn't give Bush credit and both claimed it would have been much better with the UN. What weasels!

Now, let's see what the French demands are. Saddam certainly has passwords, accounts numbers, French and Saudi account numbers and other information that will embarrass some of our "allies."

Chirac still misses the cash that he was getting and will want to know about the access to the drop points. So, I see demands from the French for visitation rights by French organizations on "humanitarian grounds" so that they can report to the UN/Pope/Saudis/Family that Saddam is in good health and being well treated. The French will also demand that Saddam be turned over to an international tribunal for eventual trial. The dem dwarfs, of course, will agree.

8 posted on 12/14/2003 8:44:02 AM PST by Tacis
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Pleased???? Not really. Their one and only interest is regaining power in this country. The capture of Saddam is just one more roadblock in their path. The dems are anti-American, there is no other way to explain it.
9 posted on 12/14/2003 8:44:08 AM PST by cynicom
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I'm surprised that these fools haven't blamed Bush for capturing Saddam.
10 posted on 12/14/2003 8:44:37 AM PST by Cosmo (Liberalism is for Girls!)
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To: pabianice
In a private meeting, President Bush b*tchslaps John F'n Kerry....


11 posted on 12/14/2003 8:44:43 AM PST by Paul Atreides (Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
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The Democrat Party: it is so September 10th.
12 posted on 12/14/2003 8:44:51 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat (I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!)
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Just wait for Helen Thomas to, ah, weigh in.
13 posted on 12/14/2003 8:45:15 AM PST by Paul Atreides (Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
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To: BJungNan
Sen. Joe Lieberman said: "Praise the Lord."

I always liked that guy, even though I never saw eye to eye with his politics.

14 posted on 12/14/2003 8:46:44 AM PST by squidly
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Kerry's most famous line: "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse… a French horse, that is."
15 posted on 12/14/2003 8:48:10 AM PST by auboy (I'm out here on the front lines, sleep in peace tonight–American Soldier–Toby Keith, Chuck Cannon)
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To: Cosmo
I'm surprised that these fools haven't blamed Bush for capturing Saddam.

They have.

16 posted on 12/14/2003 8:51:46 AM PST by Lazamataz ("With an Iron Fist, We Will Lead Humanity to Happiness." - Translation of sign at Solovki Gulag)
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To: BJungNan
Here's how it's going at DU -- some apparently reasonable decent poster posted a congratulations to our troops. DUmmie comments follow:

P.S. Please moderator, let this stand -- it should be exempt from removal under the stated FR polic of allowing occasional posts from DU when gloating is in order.

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PeteNYC Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:00 AM
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Join me in celebrating the capture of a monster (and props to our troops)

As a longtime Amnesty Intl. member/supporter and someone for whom human rights is a key issue, I am thrilled to see a vicious killer taken into custody.

I also commend the bravery and skill of our military men and women who pulled off the successful raid.

Pete

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." Plato

 
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   Hear! Hear! The man was a menace, eom  BertrandL   Dec-14-03 11:01 AM   #1 
   I think I'll celebrate with bacon and eggs  slackmaster   Dec-14-03 11:01 AM   #2 
   They got Bush*????? Damn I missed that  Jacobin   Dec-14-03 11:01 AM   #3 
   Congratulations to the TROOPS! n/t  xultar   Dec-14-03 11:02 AM   #4 
   Now let's go after the monster's enablers  Walt Starr   Dec-14-03 11:02 AM   #5 
   Yes Walt and Yes Pete congrats to all involved....involved  underpants   Dec-14-03 11:04 AM   #10 
   the Republican party supported Saddam in the 1980s  ithacan   Dec-14-03 11:05 AM   #12 
   A clear and oper trial would make the cabal an  0007   Dec-14-03 11:37 AM   #34 
   Now let's go get the others!  ogminlo   Dec-14-03 11:02 AM   #6 
   No thanks  Saudade   Dec-14-03 11:03 AM   #7 
   Get real  snoochie   Dec-14-03 11:08 AM   #16 
      Not really  Saudade   Dec-14-03 11:30 AM   #29 
   Oh Yes. The End ALWAYS Justifies The Means...  arwalden   Dec-14-03 11:03 AM   #8 
   Yup!  latebloomer   Dec-14-03 11:05 AM   #11 
   I didn't say anything about the invasion being justified  PeteNYC   Dec-14-03 11:06 AM   #15 
   Sorry... I can't compartmentalize this war so easily...  arwalden   Dec-14-03 11:23 AM   #25 
      Thanks for clarifying, and I share your disgust at the dishonesty  PeteNYC   Dec-14-03 11:31 AM   #31 
   Nobody said that  snoochie   Dec-14-03 11:10 AM   #19 
   I'll join you in your celebration  pbl   Dec-14-03 11:04 AM   #9 
   amen  Callisto   Dec-14-03 11:10 AM   #18 
   This is the best news  snoochie   Dec-14-03 11:05 AM   #13 
   your dreaming  jonoboy   Dec-14-03 11:30 AM   #27 
   you're correct. they performed admirably.  MinnFats   Dec-14-03 11:06 AM   #14 
   Getting Saddam does not mean we can leave now  snoochie   Dec-14-03 11:12 AM   #20 
   Nope--it'll be mid-September; mark my words.  blondeatlast   Dec-14-03 11:36 AM   #33 
   Now its time to capture the monster  Orrin_73   Dec-14-03 11:09 AM   #17 
   We can't 'capture' him  snoochie   Dec-14-03 11:14 AM   #21 
      Well put, well put!  blondeatlast   Dec-14-03 11:37 AM   #35 
   The troops did a great job  sandnsea   Dec-14-03 11:15 AM   #22 
   Kudos to the troops!  Padraig18   Dec-14-03 11:16 AM   #23 
   Yes and definite props to the troops  ACK   Dec-14-03 11:16 AM   #24 
   bravey ? skill ? his bodyuards handed him over for cash  jonoboy   Dec-14-03 11:28 AM   #26 
   bingo  Magic Rat   Dec-14-03 11:30 AM   #28 
   Maybe so, but now he cannot personlly will the brutal execution  blondeatlast   Dec-14-03 11:40 AM   #38 
   I think it will be a good short term morale boost for the troops  sistersofmercy   Dec-14-03 11:31 AM   #30 
   Uh, Iraqi citizens handed the monster to US troops...  HypnoToad   Dec-14-03 11:32 AM   #32 
   May he burn in hell  Mattforclark   Dec-14-03 11:38 AM   #36 
   OH, its US troops now  rpalochko   Dec-14-03 11:39 AM   #37 
   Excuse me, Pete, but whose "bravery and skill" do you want to....  Media_Lies_Daily   Dec-14-03 11:43 AM   #39 

BertrandL (32 posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:01 AM
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1. Hear! Hear! The man was a menace, eom

 
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:01 AM
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2. I think I'll celebrate with bacon and eggs

Maybe an early beer too.

 
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Jacobin Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:01 AM
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3. They got Bush*????? Damn I missed that

 
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xultar Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:02 AM
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4. Congratulations to the TROOPS! n/t

 
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Walt Starr Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:02 AM
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5. Now let's go after the monster's enablers

Rumsfield, Cheney, Poppy, and Reagan should be put on trial beside Hussein!

"I fixed the election in Florida for George Bush." - Jim Baker.

 
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underpants Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:04 AM
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10. Yes Walt and Yes Pete congrats to all involved....involved

That leaves anyone not in country out and Bremer too he was surely busy justifying $2.64 gallons of Halliburton gas.

 
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ithacan Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:05 AM
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12. the Republican party supported Saddam in the 1980s

and that fact cannot be forgotten.

Reagan and Bush I administrations actively supported Saddam in the 1980s, provided him with chemical weapons, precursors to biological weapons, prevented the US Senate from denouncing him for using chemical weapons, forced the State Dept to take him off the list of supporters of terrorism, pressured the UN not to denounce him, etc.

For full details see U.S. Diplomatic and Commercial Relationships with Iraq, 1980 - 2 August 1990 http://www.casi.org.uk/info/usdocs/usiraq80s90s.html

This info should be well publicized in any trial of Saddam.

 
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0007 Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:37 AM
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34. A clear and oper trial would make the cabal an

accessory to the fact. Saddam Hussein was a murderous thug before the U.S. install him to power. And those chemical weapons to commit murder with, where'd they come from, 'eh?

 
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6. Now let's go get the others!

Like Bush, Cheney, Rummy, Wolfowitz, Perle, Rice...

God save America...

 
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Saudade (274 posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:03 AM
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7. No thanks

Insofar as this probably means four more years of Bush, I'll pass on the celebration.

 
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snoochie Donating member (407 posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:08 AM
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16. Get real

You'd rather have more dead troops than bush?

Inhuman.

http://www.kucinich.us -- because I want real change for my children's sake

 
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Saudade (274 posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:30 AM
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29. Not really
Edited on Sun Dec-14-03 11:34 AM by Saudade

"You'd rather have more dead troops than bush?"

To me, it's obvious that Bush is far more dangerous than Saddam Hussein, especially if he has another four years to destroy my country by trying to transform the republic into an empire.

The benefits of capturing Saddam seem vastly outweighed by the increased danger posed by Bush insofar as Bush's reelection chances are enhanced by the capture.

In my view, what is good for GW Bush politically is almost necessarily bad for America and the world.

I also think that it is absurd to allow one's feelings for the troops -- who voluntarily chose to join America's hyper-aggressive war-machine -- to determine one's analysis of policy.

 
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arwalden Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:03 AM
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8. Oh Yes. The End ALWAYS Justifies The Means...

"Hey! This is fun! What OTHER countries can we pre-emptively attack?" George thinks to himself when he realizes that people no longer CARE about how this war came to be in the first place.

Pathetic.

-- Allen


 
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latebloomer Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:05 AM
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11. Yup!

But only those horrible dictators who no longer are our FRIENDS!!

"Mr. Stevenson, you have the vote of every thinking person in America!" "That's not enough, I need a majority."

 
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PeteNYC Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:06 AM
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15. I didn't say anything about the invasion being justified

I'm speaking about the isolated fact of Saddam's capture.

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." Plato

 
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arwalden Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:23 AM
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25. Sorry... I can't compartmentalize this war so easily...

that's EXACTLY what this administration wants us to do now. They would prefer that we forget about all the lives that were lost and they hope that we focus entirely (and at great length) on this "isolated" success.

I prefer to not wear blinders and to look at the WHOLE picture. I prefer to be realistic.

I know you didn't say anything about the war being justified. I'm sorry if that's the impression my reply left. Indeed you did NOT say that the war was justified.

But you also did NOT say that it WAS NOT justified either. What you just did, and what I now see happening is exactly what this administration wants. Selective amnesia. Focusing ONLY on this minor but symbolic event while totally glossing over the lies that brought us here in the first place.

Someone please read off the names and ages of the DEAD again. Was it worth it? Have we forgotten those folks too?

All this whoo-hoo and whoop-de-doo celebration makes me ill.

-- Allen


 
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PeteNYC Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:31 AM
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31. Thanks for clarifying, and I share your disgust at the dishonesty

of making this the centerpeice of the entire invasion.

The war was still morally wrong, and thousands of innocents died needlessly, but that doesn't diminish from the singular fact of Saddam being brought to justice.

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." Plato

 
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snoochie Donating member (407 posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:10 AM
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19. Nobody said that

Can't we just be glad that this means a possible lessening in the loss of life over there?

For God's sake people...

I share your concern that this may lead to this moronic administration figuring they can start another war for private profit, public loss, but can't you see that this IS good news?

Additionally, you have to be glad that it happened NOW, because this won't have much mileage come November.

http://www.kucinich.us -- because I want real change for my children's sake

 
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pbl Donating member (997 posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:04 AM
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9. I'll join you in your celebration

And hope for the end of our soldiers being killed.

I'm not a Democrat but I play one on DU

 
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Callisto (91 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:10 AM
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18. amen

Saddam caught alive for photo ops...but that's fine. No other admin in history has manipulated the media so well...but I am so happy Saddam is caught and mybe now our soldiers can come home.Bush has a lot of work to do just the same. I will not forget the republicans are the ones who created this guy....in the trial it better be mentioned who was shaking his hand after he gassed the Kurds....there is blame all around - sadly.

 
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snoochie Donating member (407 posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:05 AM
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13. This is the best news

I trust this will result in fewer attacks in Iraq. Hopefully things will settle down and we can make some real progress for both our troops' and the Iraqi's sake!

http://www.kucinich.us -- because I want real change for my children's sake

 
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jonoboy (424 posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:30 AM
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27. your dreaming

 
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MinnFats (963 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:06 AM
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14. you're correct. they performed admirably.

especially since they went in with bad intelligence all around.

"You will be welcomed as liberators."

"It will only take a few weeks."


"Mission Accomplished! Whoops! I guess not."



now let's get our people home damn fast.
or do we have to wait for an October surprise photo op?

 
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snoochie Donating member (407 posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:12 AM
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20. Getting Saddam does not mean we can leave now

We still have to ensure that Iraq is rebuilt. If we don't start doing that in a sane way, we could still be there for years.

http://www.kucinich.us -- because I want real change for my children's sake

 
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33. Nope--it'll be mid-September; mark my words.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde

 
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Orrin_73 (418 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:09 AM
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17. Now its time to capture the monster

in the white house.

http://www.deanforamerica.com/
http://www.clark04.com/
http://www.kucinich.us
http://www.sharpton2004.org/

 
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snoochie Donating member (407 posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:14 AM
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21. We can't 'capture' him

But we can sure start honing in on attacking him on his miserable failure of a domestic agenda, as opposed to his miserable failure of the liberation of Iraq.

http://www.kucinich.us -- because I want real change for my children's sake

 
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blondeatlast Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:37 AM
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35. Well put, well put!

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde

 
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sandnsea Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:15 AM
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22. The troops did a great job

Good for them, they executed this particular mission admirably. They have reason to be proud of themselves today.

What is a Democrat? Do we know anymore?

 
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Padraig18 Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:16 AM
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23. Kudos to the troops!

'We stand at Rossa's grave not in sadness, but in exultation of spirit... This is a place of peace sacred to the dead, where men should speak with all charity and all restraint; but I hold it a Christian thing... to hate evil, to hate untruth, to hate oppression, and hating them to strive to overthrow them... while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree, shall never be at peace.'

 
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ACK (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:16 AM
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24. Yes and definite props to the troops


The ends do not justify the means but ... there is no denying this is a good thing.

At midnight all the agents

 
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jonoboy (424 posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:28 AM
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26. bravey ? skill ? his bodyuards handed him over for cash

give me a break

 
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Magic Rat Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:30 AM
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28. bingo

 
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blondeatlast Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:40 AM
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38. Maybe so, but now he cannot personlly will the brutal execution

or torture of his dissenters.

I'll give credit where credit is due. Kudos to those who turned him over, kudos to those who brought him in.

One less, brutal, bloodthirsty dictator is a good thing; I don't care how much we despise Bushit.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde

 
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sistersofmercy Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:31 AM
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30. I think it will be a good short term morale boost for the troops

I have thoroughly read AI reports on Iraq as well as reports on other countries in the region. Saddam was brutal but not the most brutal or the biggest human rights violator, that dubious distinction would go to the house of Saud or North Korea. My problem is that he has been made out to be the worst when in fact by all accounts he was not. So Saddam joins the list with Charles Taylor, Idi Amin, Pol Pot. I would be more comfortable with this if I knew there was going to be something done with US allies who are major human rights violators as well, there are two on the top of my list and no, I don't mean to imply NK is one of them.
So cheers to the troops for a job well done.

"But I'm stuck like a dope with a thing called hope, And I can't get it out of my heart. Not this heart!"

 
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HypnoToad Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:32 AM
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32. Uh, Iraqi citizens handed the monster to US troops...

I'd heard that several times on DU this morning. So far, that thought had not been discredited.

The troops should get kudos for... NOTHING. They pulled off... NOTHING. They would have continued looking for ages, and finding... NOTHING.

Now it's Bush's* turn.

America is for all, not just the wealthy elite. Let's remind them of that.


The only album I'd recommend...

 
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Mattforclark Donating member (457 posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:38 AM
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36. May he burn in hell

ship him off to the Hague...

 
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rpalochko Donating member (423 posts) Click to send email to this author Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:39 AM
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37. OH, its US troops now

Funny how its always "coalition troops" till something goes right then its US troops.

 
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-14-03 11:43 AM
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39. Excuse me, Pete, but whose "bravery and skill" do you want to....

...commend? The people who turned Saddam in for cash, or the U.S. troops for taking Saddam into custody? What "raid" are you talking about?

One last question...do you think this is going to affect the current situation in Iraq? Do you think the killings will stop? Do you think the Iraqis will stop trying to get the "coalition" forces to leave Iraq?

And, since you claim to be a member of Amnesty International, when did you plan to mention all of the Iraqis killed during Desert Storm, the UN sanctions, and the current Iraqi conflict? Just curious.

 
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17 posted on 12/14/2003 8:52:24 AM PST by Maceman (Too nuanced for a bumper sticker)
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To: auboy
Kerry's most famous line: "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse… a French horse, that is."

A French Vietnamese horse in Vietnam which had a Vietnam War which I am a Vietnam Veteran of.

18 posted on 12/14/2003 8:52:55 AM PST by Lazamataz ("With an Iron Fist, We Will Lead Humanity to Happiness." - Translation of sign at Solovki Gulag)
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To: squidly
Sen. Joe Lieberman said: "Praise the Lord." I always liked that guy, even though I never saw eye to eye with his politics.

I agree with you.

19 posted on 12/14/2003 8:53:23 AM PST by BJungNan
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To: squidly
I agree. I like Joe too. Don't agree with him, but I think he is a good man.
20 posted on 12/14/2003 8:54:53 AM PST by jern
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