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®i©ardo added these comments in the current discussion du jour
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I can't believe you actually
gave Hussein a trial!

I believe that it was Iraq that gave him a trial, not the
US.

They would really like Iraq to stand on its own two feet. Of
course, they would like them to be democratic, secular feet,
with a few military bases in the country, too. ;-)

Shh, don't mention the oil and gas reserves!

We have spent over a trillion dollars on this nonsense so far but
are too stupid to demand that the Iraqis, whom we saved, pay any of
it back. Were I president, I'd demand that the United States get
every dime of the estimated $80B/year in oil profits until the
trillion is paid back. In this world there is no free lunch. And,
did I mention that over 4,100 have died for a country that still
basically hates us and another 30,000 maimed for life. Plus, wounds
on this battlefield aren't simple bullets but blown off limbs from
IEDs. But, you are right about the oil - that's what this is really
about. Of course, we could eliminate our dependence on foreign oil
to the tune of $700B+ per year by the simple act of inflating our
tires and getting tune-ups on our cars, or so the Marxist/pacifist
running for president said many times.

--
HP, aka Jerry

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Morgans added these comments in the current discussion du jour
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I can't believe you actually
gave Hussein a trial!
I believe that it was Iraq that gave him a trial, not the US.

They would really like Iraq to stand on its own two feet. Of
course, they would like them to be democratic, secular feet,
with a few military bases in the country, too. ;-)

Had not the U.S. forced the Iraqis to put Saddam on trial before
the entire world, they would have meted out the traditional
punishment for despots like him - stoning to death. As to the last
paragraph, President Bush probably has been over zealous in
promoting these ideals, but then, we all know this is about oil,
right?

--
HP, aka Jerry

Don't be a fop or a blooter, make only pithy comments on Usenet

On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:41:21 -0500, "HEMI-Powered"
wrote:

Morgans added these comments in the current discussion du jour
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I can't believe you actually
gave Hussein a trial!
I believe that it was Iraq that gave him a trial, not the US.

They would really like Iraq to stand on its own two feet. Of
course, they would like them to be democratic, secular feet,
with a few military bases in the country, too. ;-)

Had not the U.S. forced the Iraqis to put Saddam on trial before
the entire world, they would have meted out the traditional
punishment for despots like him - stoning to death. As to the last
paragraph, President Bush probably has been over zealous in
promoting these ideals, but then, we all know this is about oil,
right?

A stoning would have been preferable.
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"Peter Hucker" wrote

A stoning would have been preferable.

No argument from me, but he had much more painful ways to torture people,
ending in death. One of those would have been appropriate.
--
Jim in NC

Peter Hucker added these comments in the current discussion du
jour ...

Had not the U.S. forced the Iraqis to put Saddam on trial
before the entire world, they would have meted out the
traditional punishment for despots like him - stoning to
death. As to the last paragraph, President Bush probably has
been over zealous in promoting these ideals, but then, we all
know this is about oil, right?

A stoning would have been preferable.

Since we're on the subject of what we think personally vs. what is
prudent for our governments to do, I would have paraded Saddam
through the streets of Baghdad, later turn him over to its
citizens, and let them do what they want, which would have been to
kill him in the most gruesome manner possible. But, I like to think
I live in a civil, compassionate country which values fairness and
which also does not want extreme measures used by our military
people who might get captured. The only way to ensure that the
world believes we practice what we preach is to follow
international law as well as American law and the Constitution.

--
HP, aka Jerry

Don't be a fop or a blooter, make only pithy comments on Usenet