They found Saddam too late.......... - Democratic Underground

virtualobserver

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Sun Dec-14-03 08:06 AM
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They found Saddam too late..........

Even for a PR benefit.

I'm confident that most Iraqi citizens are glad to see him go, but Saddam long ago lost most of his relevance.

Finding him in a lonely little hole with rifles and pistols actually feels so anti-climactic.

There was another police station bombing this morning, and as the attacks continue even after Saddam is gone, it actually undercuts the reason for the invasion.

If Saddam is in custody and nothing changes, then what did we accomplish by attacking Iraq? The resistance to our presence is fully formed now.

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Kamika

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Sun Dec-14-03 08:07 AM
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1. I would have seriously kept it secret for awhile

Edited on Sun Dec-14-03 08:07 AM by Kamika

Until AFTER christmas..

Ppl have ALOt of other things on their mind now

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virtualobserver

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Sun Dec-14-03 08:11 AM
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2. Maybe they released it now to increase optimism and therefore boost

the retail sales numbers for the Christmas shopping season.

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Sun Dec-14-03 08:17 AM
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3. Too late for xmas

and too early for the election. Not to mention it is OBL they really need to find

JM

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PaDUer

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Sun Dec-14-03 09:05 AM
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7. What's going on today

that they want to cover?

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patricia92243

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Sun Dec-14-03 08:22 AM
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4. TWO QUESTION...

Would Saddam been able to direct the resistance - based on the rag-tag he looked and that he was in a hole in the ground.

Secondly, and most importantly - will this give to rise to a new person "taking over" the resistance to the US and things being worse than before.

I would like other people's POV on this>

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virtualobserver

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Sun Dec-14-03 08:25 AM
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5. I don't think that he has been directing it.

or that it even has anything to with Saddam.

No-one would be a suicide bomber for Saddam.

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izzie

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Sun Dec-14-03 09:20 AM
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8. I think we just said he was leading the resistance.

Better than the people them selfs did not like us, You know how Americans like to think the world loves us. I think their is a number of others leading this mess. The blame is on us as we should not be taking over countries. We will be sure to keep bases their as that was half the point.We need to be in the middle of the oil fields. I am not sure what reason they are giving this week for why we went, so maybe WMD are on board once more.

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quaker bill

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Sun Dec-14-03 08:38 AM
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6. It is great news

Bush would never have allowed the troops to come home without capturing Saddam.

We have him. We can now declare a victory and leave.

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izzie

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Sun Dec-14-03 09:22 AM
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9. Tell me once more the last war we won?

:shrug:

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