On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:02:51 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:

JohnH wrote:


Your bud, Harry, has made several posts without comment on the capture of
Saddam. As yet, jps has had no comment. Wonder why? Could it be because they
can't come up wit a way to put a negative spin on it?

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD


I've commented on the capture of Saddam. It's good that he's been
captured and will be the subject of a showy trial, but I don't think it
is a big deal. He hasn't been the head of state in Iraq for what, seven
months? And it took all of Bush's horses and all of Bush's men to find him?

I doubt if a trial will be held soon. I think he will undergo some interrogation
first. Of course, many libs will say he's being mistreated, but we'll have to
live with that. I'm sure there's a bunch already complaining about his 'lice
check' being televised.

Our invasion of Iraq wasn't the equivalent of the liberation of Belgium
or even the siege and relief of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.
In Iraq, we took on a fifth-rate power whose uniformed military forces
collapsed shortly after we arrived.

Tell that to the next hundred thousand about to go into mass graves.


I know you Conservatives want to make the toppling of Saddam the
greatest thing since sliced bread, but, in reality, all it is is a minor
positive blip in a sadly mistaken U.S. misadventure, one aimed at
propping up a failed US president in the popularity polls.

Well I'll be double-damned! You used the phrase "positive blip". That's the
first positive thing I've heard from you about the military, the administration,
or the USA. Times are indeed a'changing.

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD