tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post8536154277514369853..comments2023-08-08T11:48:10.725+01:00Comments on swisslet: and in my best behaviour, I am really just like him....swisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-80185019221934143502007-01-01T15:46:00.000+00:002007-01-01T15:46:00.000+00:00I've been away from computers and news sources...I've been away from computers and news sources and only just realised this has happened.<br><br>The execution rather handily gets rid of the man who could best explain just how far US and British backing for Saddam went. No time to ask: "let's have a few more details of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms-to-Iraq" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">where you got the weapons from</a>" or "remind us who was supporting you when you gassed the kurds" now.<br><br>Destroying the Evidence, they used to call that.<br><br>No, he was not a nice man. But he was the last US-backed leader of Iraq. Nice precedent, innit?red onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13426191369353602392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-42462964751744299332006-12-31T06:05:00.000+00:002006-12-31T06:05:00.000+00:00I'm oddly going to miss the bearded Saddam... ...I'm oddly going to miss the bearded Saddam... since the evil mustachioed one had been gone since the war started.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-45853885316455880622006-12-30T18:39:00.000+00:002006-12-30T18:39:00.000+00:00I agree with you, Jenni. I just read that Bush we...I agree with you, Jenni. I just read that Bush went to bed rather than wait for confirmation of the execution. When asked why, one of his spokesmen said that "he knew it was going to happen."<br><br>Mission Accomplished, eh?Aravishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16552457383913002791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-3142301669177361932006-12-30T15:00:00.000+00:002006-12-30T15:00:00.000+00:00Well put, Swiss. It's not that I am going to ...Well put, Swiss. It's not that I am going to miss him, but I don't think it's any sort of "victory" either.<br><br>After the hanging, Bush cautioned that Saddam's death wasn't going to be the end of violence in Iraq. No shit, Sherlock. Probably, the only person who had to be told that was him.Jhttp://legalese.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-2333880280997747212006-12-30T13:43:00.000+00:002006-12-30T13:43:00.000+00:00I do have to say that I won't miss himI do have to say that I won't miss himAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-55944482774059239902006-12-30T12:30:00.000+00:002006-12-30T12:30:00.000+00:00Ah, it's good to see our mission to bring peac...Ah, it's good to see our mission to bring peace and democracy to Iraq has been such a stunning success.<br><br>Those stupid liberals who predicted disaster... Ha! What do they know?<br><br>*mutters, grumbles, shakes fist*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com