How do we respond to Saddam's capture...

...Monday morning, when the freepers at the office start gloating?

Here's my suggestion:

"Well sure! With 150,000 soldiers and a $25 million reward, I'm kinda surprised that it took so long. I wonder if Your Boy George will get motivated now to start looking for Osama again.

You know, Osama was behind 9/11 - not Saddam.

I wonder if the fact that George's dad and Osama's dad are in business together has anything to do with the fact that Your Boy George isn't looking for Osama...?"

Don't further any liberal misperception of "hating America". it really is good the guy was captured. You and I may not like how it was gone about, but hey he's captured.

...a subtle little quip like "do you know if the plans to bomb the WTC were with him?"

That gives an opening to remind them WHO was responsible for that.

"do you know if the plans to bomb the WTC were with him?"

Terrorist behind September 11 strike was trained by Saddam

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/12/14/wterr14.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/12/14/ixnewstop.html

Say that capturing Saddam is great for everyone but it still doesn't make the war legal in my eyes or in the eyes of the UN and almost every other nation on the planet. We started a pre-emptive war to find WMD's. We did not find them. We captured Saddam and that is good because maybe it will take some time off the length of the war, but it doesn't make a pre-emptive war all right.

Still doesn't make the war legal, successful, moral or smart. The problems still remain, but one less monster walks this earth. Where is Osama who actually captured us? This doesn't change anything.

Let the heartfelt celebrations happen and be over with. We could even join in them. In a couple of weeks it will be all but forgotten, and the reality of the situation will return.

... in June 2001. Haven't heard whether they've been authenticated or not, though.

...maybe we outta invade Florida and put Jeb on trail!!

All the 9/11 hijackers learned to fly in Florida!

but if so, a reference or source would be in order.

Welcome to DU, mvpel!

Clark has already done this.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=904414&mesg_id=904465&page=

I applaud him for that.

This happened too soon for Bush, though.

with Saddam Hussein as accessory to the fact. So here is a good chance for junior to show the Iraqis how democracy indeed works. It could probably be proved that the U.S. knew that Saddam Hussein was a criminal with a bad record for murder before we installed him in the Iraq government to help fight Iran. It could also be proved that we supplied the chemicals for Saddam Hussein to murder the Kurds and his own folks.
Transparency would be good.

He's the one that didn't have anything to do with the bombing ot the WTC, right?

But, remember this:

The very same people that said that the Iraqis would welcome us with open arms, that establishing a democracy in Iraq would be a piece of cake, are now saying that the capture of Saddam is a HUGE deal that will make a big difference in post-war Iraq.

I mean, how many times do they have to be wrong before folks catch on?

He still did not do 911 by the way.

And he should be put on trial in The Hauge. The United States taxpayers should not have to fund this mission alone. We didn't need to invade to stop him from using WMD. What does a Well Maintained Democracy (WMD) look like in Iraq?

OK so now we can sue Saddam to recoup the 400 plus billion we've invested

I am just dying to see he go up against Judge Whopner in the Peoples Court

...since the war began, that I'd love to see Saddam off the face of the earth. The simple, clean way would have been to have the CIA put a bullet in his head. They may have gotten the 12 doubles in the process, but that's a lot less than a war takes. It wouldn't be the first time the CIA assinated someone they didn't like...they are quite experienced. Of course this would have to be done secretly so Bush wouldn't be able to parade himself down the street. No...he had to destroy and ruin as many lives as Saddam did in order to deem himself the hero.

Also you can tell them...with a wink...you always celebrate when an evil dictator gets his due.