[Poohbah]

How is he a paid shill for Saddam Hussein? By producing a film, financed by an Iraqi American about the plight of the people, that in NO WAY sticks up for Saddam Hussein?

It blames the sanctions for Iraq's woes, not Hussein's behavior (which IS, after all, WHY the sanctions are in place).

And the question is, "Where did the moneybags guy come up with $400 kilobucks?" Most people don't have that kind of money lying around. Does this "Iraqi-American" draw a second paycheck from the Mukhbarat?

Okay, so a little compassion makes the guy a traitor.

He argues Saddam's case. He's a lying sack of fecal material.

Whatever. Flame me all you want.

No problem.

I still think the man deserves to be heard.

He's been heard. Now he needs to load-test a rope with his neck.

He quit the inspections team because it became more about espionage and less concerned with discovering what exactly Saddam had and where it was.

The latter IS the definition of espionage, idiot!

Good grief, are you a registered voter?

[Thoudothprotest]

Yeah Poobah, I'm a registered voter.

And your willingness to put a rope around someone's neck who is perhaps the only person with guts to say that:

A: Saddam is not a threat to us or his neighbors. He can't maintain his military, much less produce a WMD in any significant time period.

and

B: This war is complete CRAP

yeah, your willingness to put a rope around someone's neck who dissents from the party line is a little unsettling.

I see it a lot around here, but it really never fails to shock me when it's directed at American citizens.