Clinton welcomes capture of Saddam

Associated Press | December 14, 2003

[HAL9000]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President Clinton praised the capture of Saddam Hussein and said the ousted Iraqi president finally will answer "for decades of tyranny and murder."

"I am glad he was captured alive so he can be brought before the bar of justice," Clinton said Sunday in a statement.

Clinton saluted U.S. troops, who found the bearded and disheveled former dictator in an underground hide-out on a farm near his hometown, Tikrit. Clinton also congratulated his successor in the White House.

"Saddam Hussein's capture is a tribute to the skill and bravery of our troops and the good work of our intelligence officers," Clinton said. "I know President Bush is very proud of our troops today. I congratulate him and them."

Clinton, who ordered bombing and missile strikes against Iraqi targets in the 1990s, said he hoped the seizure would help bring more stability to the country.

"I hope his capture will speed Iraq's transformation to a secure and self-governing nation and increase international support for and involvement in meeting the big challenges ahead," he said.

[OldFriend]

International support.....THIS!

[Paul Atreides]

Who is that imposter, and what has he done with the real Bubba?

[Newbomb Turk]

SHUT THE FU*K UP BILL !

[HAL9000]

"I am glad he was captured alive so he can be brought before the bar of justice," Clinton said Sunday in a statement.

President Bush still has a lot of work ahead of him to clean up your mess, Schmucko.

[jetson]

And what was it that your seditious wife was saying to our troops Bill?

[LADY J]

"Clinton also congratulated his successor in the White House."

Meanwhile he's thinking 'it could have been me being the hero - if only I would have had the guts!!'

[Fury]

Well, at least there will be none of the "we were so close to getting Saddam" drivel from WJC, like he has maintained with bin Laden.

This must just drive WJC nuts...

[Joe 6-pack]

When do we get to try Clinton?

[Paul Atreides]

Wasn't she practically telling the troops that we were gonna lose?

[raptor29]

Turk, I agree with you. SHUT THE HELL UP, CLINTON!

[Enterprise]

"I am glad he was captured alive so he can be brought before the bar of justice,"

Said Ted Kennedy - "Where's that bar? Have I been drunk there?"

[rightcoast]

This AP story can be found at the San Francisco Chronicle website (SFGate.com):

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/12/14/national1343EST0572.DTL&type=printable

[MichaelDammit]

FUBC

[Sacajaweau]

I just love it when HE issues a statement prior to Hippo issuing one. "Revenge" I tell you.

[international american]

Now we will hear from Hillary...how nothing is certain...except her EVIL!!!!

[SwinneySwitch]

"I know President Bush is very proud of our troops today. I congratulate him and them."

And what does the Jr. sinator from NY say?

[FreedomGuru]

Former President Clinton praised the capture of Saddam Hussein and said the ousted Iraqi president finally will answer "for decades of tyranny and murder."

2 words- Cell mate.

[hapy]

the thought of Clinton soluting our troops makes me ill

What the hell did he do?! that bastard

[Paul Atreides]

Clinton, who ordered bombing and missile strikes against Iraqi targets in the 1990s, said he hoped the seizure would help bring more stability to the country.

Good ol' Associated Press: I guess empty tents are on the same level as capturing Saddam.

[MindBender26]

Clinton welcomes capture of Saddam,/i>

Who cares?

[Enterprise]

I agree too. But the praise is designed to blunt Dean's campaign and Gore's endorsement of Dean. Clinton isn't happy about this capture AT ALL!

[MindBender26]

Clinton welcomes capture of Saddam,

Who cares?

[Centurion2000]

Bill STFU and stop trying to horn in on the credit that goes to BUSH !!

[mewzilla]

Wait till Saddamn starts spilling his guts...Then let's see how happy Bubba is....

[P.O.E.]

Neither Clinton nor the NY Giants can ruin my day today.

[quadrant]

Hot news flash:

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean had invited Saddam to come to the US and run as Vice-President on the Democratic ticket!!!

[Free_at_last_-2001]

SHUT THE FU*K UP BILL ! - Agreed!

[Mr. Mojo]

When do we get to try Clinton?

When we capture Bill, my bet is we'll find him in a "hole" as well.

[Neets]

Oh Happy, happy, joy, joy.

Now I can sleep tonite knowing this.

[SoKatt]

LOL! Good one!

[Feckless]

"I am glad he was captured alive so he can be brought before the bar of justice," Clinton said Sunday in a statement.

.....and lie like a dog just like me.

[PokeyJoe]

Another psychotic egomaniac speaks.

Saddam's defense will be, "Why should I suffer for these or any other crimes. William Jefferson Blythe Clinton didn't."

[CaptainK]

I'm on pins and needles waiting to hear what Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and George H. Bush have to say. Or don't they count?

[jetson]

Wasn't she practically telling the troops that we were gonna lose?

How the two Klinton traitors are still walking around free is a question that should be put to the american people daily by the news media.

[Hank Rearden]

I tried to care what Shi$head Clinton "thinks". I really did.

Failed miserably, though.

[Rhetorical pi2]

Well!! If Monica's boyfriend is happy, that ALMOST makes it unanimous.

Frankly, the saddest person about the capture that I have personally seen on TV is Judy Woodruff. I've seen happier faces than hers at a wake.

The next most morbid face was Aaron Brown - but then again he never looks happy unless the Dow drops or Dubya's poll numbers decline.

My thinking is that Kool-Aid and cyanide sales will skyrocket in stores in Democrat neighborhoods.

Oh, then we forgot to quote Senator Tom Dashed Hopes: "I am deeply saddened". :o)

[alloysteel]

Clinton welcomes capture of Saddam.

Who cares?

Actually, the "Former Occupant of the Oval Office, 1993-2001" really does care. Makes him look weak and vacillating, doncha know. It seems like Dubya just catches ALL the breaks. Something that is just such a huge karmic debt, it cannot ever be settled.

Just you wait. There IS a way to spin this, then that arrogant George W. Bush won't look like such a great fellow, now will he?

[jriemer]

Bill, you are soo last millenium.

[shadeaud]

If Clinton or his ''bride'' were in the White House, they would have given Saddam freedom for fear that putting him on trial would interfere with his quest for Nobel Peace Prize with Israel

[anniegetyourgun]

This is someone who really ought not to ever comment on being 'brought to justice.'

[Irene Adler]

"I am glad he was captured alive so he can be brought before the bar of justice," Clinton said Sunday in a statement."

He works in a veiled, snotty reference to Uday and Qusay's deaths. How very clintonian. A stinker first, last, and always.

[Starve The Beast]

I'd give good money to make this guy just shut up and go away.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Saddam was just one of the nasty tarbabies the Clintons left behind for W. Slowly but surely, President Bush is removing the CLINTON LEGACY from the world.

[Servant of the 9]

the thought of Clinton soluting our troops makes me ill

We used to have to see the troops saluting him.
That was way worse.

So9

[weegee]

I've got to include this quote from Bubba earlier this year where he admitted that he shirked his responsiblity and left it for the next administration to deal with:

An Interview With Bill Clinton (long) (Atlantic Monthly 3/2003

We knew when we did the bombing in '98 that we hit all the known or suspected sites based on the intelligence we had, from all the people that were doing that work there. We knew at the time that we had set his program back a couple years. But sooner or later in the millennium the new Administration, whether it was Gore's or Bush's, would have to take this matter up again.

[OldFriend]

Yes, she told the troops that the outcome was not certain. Cause after all, she couldn't LIE to soldiers from her state.

No wonder she's silent today.

Compared to launching a missile into a tent and hitting a camel in the butt, I'd say our president has done us proud, VERY PROUD.

[mewzilla]

Happy? I doubt it. Especially if Saddamn can be persuaded to come clean on his relationship with Bubba. And some others.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Clinton captured a few thongs and lots of pizzas when he was in the White House.

What a great and brave leader!