Sadaam Captured Alive

[DimHalo]

This is great news for the US. But my only personal feelings are: "does this mean my dad is coming home?" and my reply to that is probably not so then my response is "that's nice, but oh well."

[gekko]

Originally Posted by jeepnut's slave

This is great news for the US. But my only personal feelings are: "does this mean my dad is coming home?" and my reply to that is probably not so then my response is "that's nice, but oh well."

What unit is your Dad with? The DoD is replacing 128,000 of about 150,000 troops in Iraq. CamFu's supposed to be home early, the 82nd Airborne is being replaced in March by I MEF. Find out the unit, there's a good chance he is coming home.

And who's going to replace them? Me! Get some!

[CrOnO_LiNk]

When I woke up this morning, I turned my computer on and went to my home page (Yahoo), and read the front page news... Damn, this is awesome.

God Bless America!

[GameMaster]

This is big, joyous news.

We should have a virtual party.

[bobcat]

*passes round the virtual scotch shots*

mmm virually satisfying

[Dark Samurai]

Wow, we have a ****ing political expert on our hands, amazing (i think). Maybe you should try research before you try to act like you actually know what you're talking about (i think).

Hey maybe i did. and guess what? its right here

http://query.nytimes.com/search/arti...5AC0A9679C8B63

go ahead and read it. and guess who was pres. then? and now?

You think he kills any economy that he touches? OK...

If you have looked at the market lately it is doing quite well and it will do even better with Saddam captured.

Yes you are right. the u.s. economy is going up because of the capture but the iraqi economy is not. take a look at this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3181248.stm

and this was just about 2 months ago

[Bond]

Originally Posted by Dark-Samurai

Hey maybe i did. and guess what? its right here

http://query.nytimes.com/search/arti...5AC0A9679C8B63

go ahead and read it. and guess who was pres. then? and now?



Yes you are right. the u.s. economy is going up because of the capture but the iraqi economy is not. take a look at this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3181248.stm

and this was just about 2 months ago

Here we go again...

I'm not even going to bother to register at the NY Times website. But I can assure you they are one of the most liberal newspapers in the country.

And for Iraq's economy, months after taking over a country you can't exactly expect them to have a booming economy. Iraq will have a booming economy in a few years though, just wait.

Democracy + Iraq's Resources = Lots of Money

[Dylflon]

I think it's stupid that America is saying that Canada can't help rebuild Iraq.

The Iraqis should be more important than contracts.

I remember hearing from my dad that last month some representative from the Middle East formally requested for Canada to rebuild Iraq. Not their buildings. Their country. That made me proud to be a Canadian.

[Professor S]

Ok, let me address a couple of ideas expressed here:

1) The US Economy - Its back up over 10,000 and all signs point to it being even better after Christmas. Also, if you know ANYTHING about the economy, you know that it was the inflated tech stocks and corporate scandals that killed it. All of the damage was done during Clinton's presidency. Bush has had to deal with someone else's screw up. The unemployment rate is starting to go down as well (finally).

2) DNA - There are any number of ways that you can get someone's DNA. A tooth brush, comb, coins, clothes, etc.

3) The Iraq Economy - As was mentioned, its a rebiulding nation that is trying to establish a democracy amid constant attacks by terrorists. Not exactly the environment that breeds confidence in the Dinar from foreign investors. It also doesn't help that our good friends the French, Russians and Germans still refuse to forgive the enormous debt that was accrued under Saddam.

4) Canadians and Others not Getting Contracts - It ain't the UN thats paying for this... its the Coalitions (mainly American too). So you should get OUR MONEY when you're government opposed the action to begin with? I believe the contracts should go to those who have stood by and bled with us in Iraq. Just call me crazy. The fact that you would even expect to get any large contracts from this is insulting and unbelieveably ignorant.

Besides, its all much ado about nothing. Canada, France Germany and Russia will still get contracts, they will just have to be sub-contracted by those who are in the coalition. Get over it.

5) Saddam's Capture - Great news, but I would have preferred they did him like his sons: Kill him and then send out pictures for confirmation. My worry is that if we try him in a court of law it will only serve to give him a soap box before he is found guilty and killed, or worse yet cause un-needed terrorist attacks or hostage situations. Anyway you shake it he's going to die, and everything else is just for show.

6) Iraq Another Vietnam - Oh do shut up. That statement just screams "I'm an idiot. Don't pay attention to me." The only similarity is that guerilla warfare is being employed. THATS IT. Believing that Iraq is another Vietnam is the same as saying the war is "blood for oil" or "conservatives are rascist/evil/baby rapists". It just frees you from the burden of having to think.

I'm very interested to see how the Democratic presidential candidates respond to this news. I think it will be pretty interesting (especially from Dean who has been so vehement in his opposition)

As for the election? If the economy continues to improve and Saddam's capture proves to be as much of a boon to the chances for success in Iraq as I believe it will be, Dean and company can pretty much pack it up. In the end I think that it will come down to how the turnover of Iraq to the native people will go. If it goes poorly, Bush is in trouble. If it goes well, he's sticking around.

But who knows? There's still a long time to come before the next election.

[mickydaniels]

Originally Posted by Bond

Democracy + Iraq's Resources = Lots of Money

And that's what it's all about.

[Dylflon]

You know what I think is a bit weird? America sent troops into Iraq because they thought they "might have weapons" but North Korea announced that they had nukes and America isn't fighting any war there. The people of North Korea are suffering and being oppressed too.

*No insult to Americans intended in paragraph below*

If your government is so noble, why aren't they helping North Korea? Why was Iraq so important when there was only a possibility of weapons of mass destruction? Now I don't know for sure if the war in Iraq was about oil but this makes it seem that way. If North Korea had oil would there be a war there?

The war against North Korea I'm sure would be a U.N. sanctioned war. That means it wouldn't just be America in there. Everyone would get involved. Especcialy Canada.

[Jewels]

heres my opinion.... for the troops over their, maybe some of them can actually come home and stop slaving under bush, and they can come home intime for the damn holidays to see their families now that this idiot is captured... took em long enough, but as for saddam.... since its REALLY him, i vote, say this how we americans hate terrorists, bend him over, pant an emerican flag on a boot, kick him in the ass, turn him around and then shoot him.... and then that'll end that...


*my opinion*

[Canyarion]

I was wondering, with what do they compare his DNA? They have a bank of all villain's DNA or something?
I'm happy that they caught a bad guy... but I'm not happy for Bush. Sorry...

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Canyarion

I was wondering, with what do they compare his DNA?

Me too.

[Blackmane]

Yay, they finally got him....


...or one of his hundreds of doubles.