So far it's an unconfirm "Iranian" report,
but...................keeping our fingers crossed!!

Take care & well done.


K

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:28:17 +1100, K Smith wrote:


So far it's an unconfirm "Iranian" report,
but...................keeping our fingers crossed!!

Take care & well done.


K

Thanks, K!

Now I'm waiting to see how many congratulatory messages are posted by Harry,
jps, basskisser, et al. Should be interesting reading.

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

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 08:06:08 -0500, JohnH wrote:


Now I'm waiting to see how many congratulatory messages are posted by
Harry, jps, basskisser, et al. Should be interesting reading.

Capturing Saddam is a good thing, but I'd hold off on hanging another
"Mission Accomplished" banner until we see how it plays out in Iraq. I
would hope the attacks on Americans would taper off, but there is no
guarantee and there is still a long road ahead in Iraq.

Is anyone else surprised he was taken alive? I would have thought he
would have committed suicide before capture.

"thunder" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 08:06:08 -0500, JohnH wrote:


Now I'm waiting to see how many congratulatory messages are posted by
Harry, jps, basskisser, et al. Should be interesting reading.

Capturing Saddam is a good thing, but I'd hold off on hanging another
"Mission Accomplished" banner until we see how it plays out in Iraq. I
would hope the attacks on Americans would taper off, but there is no
guarantee and there is still a long road ahead in Iraq.

The people with brains (military in Iraq) have apparently been telling
reporters to "simmer down now". The insurgents are working with an agenda
that doesn't quite fit ANYONE'S guess, including ours or Saddam's. Read the
December 15th Time Magazine cover story. Near the end of the story is a
paragraph which the borg will interpret as left-biased, but 98% of what's
there seems factual.

Is anyone else surprised he was taken alive? I would have thought he
would have committed suicide before capture.


Saddam is very much a coward. Always has been. Cowards don't commit suicide
unless overwhelmed with depression.

He probably expects to survive.

We have caught a hot potato. The US will want to try him at a US (only)
military tribunal, and the rest of the world will want a Nuremberg type trial.
Sticky diplomacy ahead, at a time when Colin Powell has been muzzled and nobody
else in the administration is up to the task.

Gould 0738 wrote:

Is anyone else surprised he was taken alive? I would have thought he
would have committed suicide before capture.


Saddam is very much a coward. Always has been. Cowards don't commit suicide
unless overwhelmed with depression.

He probably expects to survive.

We have caught a hot potato. The US will want to try him at a US (only)
military tribunal, and the rest of the world will want a Nuremberg type trial.
Sticky diplomacy ahead, at a time when Colin Powell has been muzzled and nobody
else in the administration is up to the task.

Doesn't Fox News (ha!) already have the trial transcripts?


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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Gould 0738 wrote:

Is anyone else surprised he was taken alive? I would have thought he
would have committed suicide before capture.


Saddam is very much a coward. Always has been. Cowards don't commit
suicide
unless overwhelmed with depression.

He probably expects to survive.

We have caught a hot potato. The US will want to try him at a US (only)
military tribunal, and the rest of the world will want a Nuremberg type
trial.
Sticky diplomacy ahead, at a time when Colin Powell has been muzzled and
nobody
else in the administration is up to the task.

Doesn't Fox News (ha!) already have the trial transcripts?

I have 'em...right in the draw next to Bush's Yale transcript. If you want,
I'll send 'em both to you.

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 17:28:31 +0000, Gould 0738 wrote:


We have caught a hot potato. The US will want to try him at a US (only)
military tribunal, and the rest of the world will want a Nuremberg type
trial. Sticky diplomacy ahead, at a time when Colin Powell has been
muzzled and nobody else in the administration is up to the task.

Yuh think? I'm thinking he'll be tried by Iraqis in Iraq. The Governing
Council is already calling for the trial. Justice may be quicker if left
to the Iraqis.

Yuh think? I'm thinking he'll be tried by Iraqis in Iraq. The Governing
Council is already calling for the trial. Justice may be quicker if left
to the Iraqis.

That would be an encouraging development. Let's wait and see.

JohnH wrote in message . ..
On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:28:17 +1100, K Smith wrote:


So far it's an unconfirm "Iranian" report,
but...................keeping our fingers crossed!!

Take care & well done.


K

Thanks, K!

Now I'm waiting to see how many congratulatory messages are posted by Harry,
jps, basskisser, et al. Should be interesting reading.

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

Yeah, blah, blah, blah, the same conservative rhetoric, either you are
for us, or against us, if you don't bow to BushCo, you are a traitor,
if you think there are things in this country that need fixing, you
are a communist, right Rush, I mean, John?