SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED

LOL! Sorry 'bout that.

But you helped me come up with the perfect caption for it:

Bush: "Would ya like some Kool Aid with that, Jacques?"

1,061 posted on 12/14/2003 3:26:28 PM PST by Timeout

And greetings to all our brothers and sisters behind enemy lines in the blue zone. . . The hour of your liberation draws near.

I hope so. I'm in the blue zone.

1,062 posted on 12/14/2003 3:35:07 PM PST by Tribune7 (David Limbaugh never said his brother had a "nose like a vacuum cleaner")

To: Merdoug; All

Oh I know exactly what you mean. I mean, I likewise have felt a great deal of sympathy for small pox as well. I know its a horribly deadly disease, and one would never want to catch it. That being said, it is a species...albeit a virus... but it deserves a chance to live on Earth just like every other creature. Once Western Civilization took it upon themselves to erradicate the lifeform it really didn't stand a chance. It wasn't to blame for being deadly to humans. We could have just stayed out of its way. Perhaps we could have contained it where it popped up, but let it run its course in order that it survive and we don't come off as the real monsters. We had a choice. Small pox did not. We should just have left it alone. Afterall, everyone knows that Humans are ultimately responsible for spreading the virus. We did give it the means to grow and thrive... in our bodies. AIDS, Ebola, and Herpes too. The whole vaccine/cure thing is just a corporate, right wing cospiracy with the wealthy 1% and Halliburton to enrich doctors and drug companies anyway. C'mon. Where are your hearts, Man. Saddam and his brethren terrorists are no different than a virus.

Excuse me now. I need to go walk my dog before I destroy something expensive.

Atos

1,063 posted on 12/14/2003 3:39:04 PM PST by Mr.Atos

I have spent more time on DU today than I have on FR.

Why would you do that? I have seen very little of that reprobate dump. Every once in a while I do find myself unexpectedly linked to that moronic site.

I am learning to be more careful about following stupid links. I, for the life of me, cannot figure out why FReepers actual give a sheite about those retards over there. They would best be left to their incestuous posting, and silly notions. In other words, letting them wither on the vine is well advised.

1,064 posted on 12/14/2003 3:44:31 PM PST by Radix (They say that in the Army, the coffees mighty fine, Looks like muddy water, tastes like turpentine)

I think it is instructive to know what our enemies are thinking(?) so that we can build better arguments against them. I am the curious type. I want to know both sides of every argument, and I also want to know what misconceptions are popular regarding Conservatives.

Some people think that we can have rational debate with liberals, but I am coming to the conclusion that they suffer from a severe form of depression and paranoia. This can be backed up by reading any thread on DU.

1,065 posted on 12/14/2003 3:48:03 PM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)

Faiz Barani, right, and other residents in Sadr City in Baghdad, celebrate the news of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's capture by U.S. forces Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003, in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Dallas Morning News, Cheryl Diaz-Meyer)

A New England Patriots fan at the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Foxboro, Massachusetts December 14, 2003 holds a sign celebrating the capture former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in Takrit, Iraq. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Cowboys backstage at the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas watch the news about Saddam Hussien's capture, Sunday Dec. 14, 2003.(AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta)

A Shiite Iraqi Muslim woman celebrates with her family the capture of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein in te predominantly Shiite Baghdad suburb of Sadr City.(AFP/Henghameh Fahimi)

A video image of a photograph presented on December 14, 2003, by the U.S. army at a news conference in Tikrit, illustrates the area where U.S. troops captured ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Saturday. U.S. troops captured Saddam Hussein hiding in a cramped hole during a raid on a farm in Ad-Dawr village late on Saturday, near his home town of Tikrit, U.S. Major-General Ray Odierno told a news conference on Sunday. REUTERS/Reuters TV QUALITY FROM SOURCE

The farmhouse under which American forces found former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein near his hometown of Tikrit is seen in this image made from video Sunday Dec. 14, 2003. Top U.S. administrator in Iraq (news - web sites) L. Paul Bremer confirmed the capture of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in a dirt hole, eight months after the fall of Baghdad. (AP Photo/US Military via APTN)

A video image shows a combination photographs presented on December 14, 2003, by the U.S. army at a news conference in Tikrit, illustrating the hole where U.S. troops captured ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Saturday. U.S. troops captured Saddam Hussein hiding in a cramped hole during a raid on a farm in Ad-Dawr village late on Saturday, near his home town of Tikrit, U.S. Major-General Ray Odierno told a news conference on Sunday. REUTERS/Reuters TV

A video image shows a photograph presented on December 14, 2003, by the U.S. army at a news conference in Tikrit, illustrating the scene where U.S. troops captured ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Saturday. U.S. troops captured Saddam Hussein hiding in a cramped hole during a raid on a farm in Ad-Dawr village late on Saturday, near his home town of Tikrit, U.S. Major-General Ray Odierno told a news conference on Sunday. REUTERS/Reuters TV

Iraqi-American Hanan al-Badry celebrates the capture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein with about 100 Iraqi exiles in Dearborn, Michigan, December 14, 2003. Dearborn has one of the largest Arab-speaking populations outside the Middle East. Photo by Rebecca Cook/Reuters

An Iraqi shoots celebratory gunfire in the southern city of Nasiriyah after the capture of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in his hometown of Tikrit. Saddam Hussein was captured in an underground 'crawlspace' in the town of Ad Dawr, just south of Tikrit, on Saturday, the US Army announced.(AFP/Abdelhak Senna)

An Iraqi man holds up a placard with the picture of ousted leader Saddam Hussein reading in Arabic 'i was never expecting your demise,' as Iraqis celebrate the capture of Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad.(AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin gestures during a press conference, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003 in Paris. Villepin, commenting the capture by U.S. forces of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, said 'it is also an encouragement for the international community to find unity again', and addressed his congratulations to U.S. Scretary of State Colin Powell. (AP Photo/Fancois Mori)

An Iraqi man in Jordan reacts while watching the news of the capture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in downtown Amman on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)

Iraqi women celebrate in Dearborn, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003 after hearing the news that Saddam Hussein was captured in Iraq. Residents of Dearborn expressed their jubilation at the capture of Hussein with an impromtu celebration in the streets of the Detroit suburb. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

U.S. soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division display a box stuffed with $750,000, prior to a press conference in Tikrit, Sunday Dec. 14, 2003, that was found when the troops captured ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

L. Paul Bremer, top U.S. official in Iraq, holds back tears as he watches video of captured Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein during a news conference in Baghdad Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

A soldier of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division (Task Force Ironhorse) and an unidentified man burn pictures of Saddam Hussein in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003. U.S. troops captured Saddam Hussein in a raid near the ousted Iraqi leader's hometown of Tikrit, the head of the U.S. administration in Iraq (news - web sites) L. Paul Bremer said Sunday. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Footage of Saddam Hussein having his mouth checked after his capture is shown during a press conference in Baghdad, December 14, 2003. U.S. troops captured Saddam Hussein near his home town of Tikrit announced U.S. administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer December 14, 2003, in a major coup for Washington's beleaguered occupation force in Iraq. (Reuters TV)

1,066 posted on 12/14/2003 3:48:05 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

1,067 posted on 12/14/2003 3:49:40 PM PST by my_pointy_head_is_sharp

I am just now getting on line as I am out visiting the Texas relatives

What to say at such a grand moment?

GOD BLESS our military and commander in chief ....and thanks!

1,068 posted on 12/14/2003 3:50:56 PM PST by woofie

Funny thing about insects: they're like little robots. If they get a certain stimuli, they will always react the same way. Push the appropriate button and they attack without any intelligence. If a threat comes to the hive, the poor mindless worker bees attack and kill themselves to the last one. I am not a robot. I have emotions and I try to think for myself. I do not follow any Party or President without thinking for myself. I totally agree that Saddam is a low-life scum who deserves death. So does about half the leaders in the world who condone violence and murder. We chose, for whatever reason, to get Saddam. Maybe he IS a major terror threat. If he is, then I say President Bush did the right thing. But I can still feel sorry for a murderer. I would not want his punishment to be any less, but I can still feel pity. That comes from being Human. :)

1,069 posted on 12/14/2003 4:01:59 PM PST by Merdoug

he never had a chance

nor did he give hundreds of thousands of Iraqis a chance, at least he has his life for the time being. He was captured living the same way he forced others to live with the exception of the $750,000.00 Saddam had with him.

1,070 posted on 12/14/2003 4:03:29 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

I really think North Korea is over rated as a threat. That Kim Jong Il, or however you spell it, is a complete loon. Some people in his gov't must know that. Who is he gonna nuke, South Korea? That doesn't make much sense. I'm pretty sure if he tried anything we'd take him out in a New York minute.

As for China, I was 100% convinced years ago that they used convict labor. They are bad, but they are also the largest country in the world. They are not going to attack us, and we are not going to attack them without that provocation. Eventually the Chinese will get their act together. They do great in every country they emigrate too, but they are a people who have NEVER known freedom. I think we have to stand by Taiwan, and I agree, Bush screwed up on that the other day too.

As for Saudi Arabia, I will support any offensive taken against them. But I imagine they are getting a clue right about now. But I for one wouldn't hesitate to take over that entire country.

But you know, you can't have it all. No president is perfect, no government is perfect, no plan is perfect. There are an awful lot of fine people in Iraq who are far better off now than they were a year ago. The world is better off too.

One thing I learned from my interest in pro-life issues, don't let Perfect be the enemy of Good. That's how I feel about this whole Iraq thing.

And I can truthfully state for the record I thought we should have gone into Afghanistan and kicked the Taliban's butt BEFORE 9/11. Even before the Buddahs, but definately by the time of the Buddahs' destruction.

That was summer 2001, when I told my friend "There is a big problem in the Muslim world..." and she yelled at me for "Condemning an entire people..." She denies this now, but it really happened.

1,071 posted on 12/14/2003 4:20:50 PM PST by jocon307 (The dems don't get it, the American people do!)

1,072 posted on 12/14/2003 4:23:11 PM PST by Merdoug

Merdoug, George W. Bush did not ask for this. 9/11 was dropped in his lap and as far as Saddam is concerned, I cannot get over the expression on GWB's face during the presser he gave after Prince Abdullah of Jordan paid him a visit at his Texas Ranch in 2002. I will always believe that Prince Abdullah informed President Bush of something vital. We have Saddam in custody now and I am sure that there will be more revealed. Even if Saddam was not connected to 9/11 or did not have WMDs, one thing for sure he was paying or rewarding families of suicide bombers (which is another method of weapons of mass destruction.

1,073 posted on 12/14/2003 4:24:18 PM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

To: Merdoug; DollyCali

Clearly you are a thinking person. I can see that. I can also see that your thoughts are not in very good order.

Sadaam is only now a sympathetic character because he has been trapped, and he is now nothing more influential than a bug might be in the course of any human's personal events. Why would anyone consider Saddam relevant when it comes to the future events which will effect the course of a potentially great Nation, namely Iraq?

Are you suggesting, that we should feel sorry because we actually caught this puke, who is responsible for the death of untold thousands of innocents?

Certainly there are arguments, and lots more concerning the Bushes and their business background. That is always the case when it comes to any successful enterprising family. Successful enterprising people and families, will always contend with jealous and envious adversaries.

Matthew 26:11
For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
(Whole Chapter: Matthew 26 In context: Matthew 26:10-12)

Adversaries, or unsuccessful opponents, (read losers) always have issues with the success of others that they cannot adequately compete with.

I am too tired right now for a serious effort at rebuking you. Suffice it to say (on my part) that you are not likely to be met with much respect out here, when you post such ridiculous, unsubstantiated, nonsense proving that you, and yourself are ignorant.
Posting certain comments, implicates yourself, and proves, that you are likely stupid, but possibly just non thinking in a serious sense. Who the heck would you expect to ever take you seriously?

No personal offense intended to you. I am just asking questions!

1,074 posted on 12/14/2003 4:27:31 PM PST by Radix (They say that in the Army, the coffees mighty fine, Looks like muddy water, tastes like turpentine)

Thank you. And Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year to you and yours!

1,075 posted on 12/14/2003 4:32:01 PM PST by jocon307 (The dems don't get it, the American people do!)

You're absolutely right. You're way too smart for me.

1,076 posted on 12/14/2003 4:40:01 PM PST by Merdoug

The corpses of the gassed children at Halabja looked like little rag dolls as they lay in the street. The only question left about the 2000 kids' bodies in a bulldozed pit near Mosul is whether they were buried dead...or alive.

Keep your pity. If pitying the author of that is to be human then I question its worth.

1,077 posted on 12/14/2003 4:41:09 PM PST by Billthedrill

Figures it'd happen when I am without my satellite and FoxNews.

They announced it in church though and everyone burst out in applause and whoops and hollers! Pastor mentioned it just before laying hands on and praying for a young man from our congregation who is shipping out to Iraq this week. I sat there with a kleenex pressed to my nose and eyes. Those guys over there make my heart swell and my feelings for them are beyond words to express... so I sit there with my eyes and nose spilling over. Ain't that lovely! lol! WAY TO GO TROOPS!

1,078 posted on 12/14/2003 4:45:40 PM PST by Terriergal (Psalm 11: 3 "When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?")

Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in a dirt hole,

Hopefully he ends up right back in one of those pretty soon. Smeared with pig grease.

1,079 posted on 12/14/2003 4:47:28 PM PST by Terriergal (Psalm 11: 3 "When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?")

Villepin, commenting the capture by U.S. forces of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, said 'it is also an encouragement for the international community to find unity again',

Translation: NOW can we have some of those contracts for rebuilding Iraq? No hard feelings?

1,080 posted on 12/14/2003 4:50:26 PM PST by Terriergal (Psalm 11: 3 "When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?")

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