some thoughts about the demise of Ootie and Cootie ...

[Pepperbelly]

If I let myself wander around a bit in Saddam's shoes, I come away with a disturbing set of truths.

Saddam considers himself righteously aggrieved by the United States in general and George Bush, et al in particular. His sons have been killed, he has been deposed from power, he has lost the source of his wealth although, of course, great wealth could be and probably is stashed elsewhere. Almost everything he treasured is in ruins.

So what now? If I had those perceptions of grievance, I think I might become extrodinarily angry, embittered, and raging. IF I had a suitcase nuke stashed somewhere, I would probably consider using it. And not just anywhere, either. At a very particular place.

So, if Saddam had these awful weapons, we can, IMO, expect a harsh reprisal from Saddam. If such a reprisal doesn't occur, could that mean that he had none of those weapons at all?

BTW, if you were Saddam, where you place the suitcase? The answer is as obvious as the gin-blossoms on Bonehead's cheeks.

[Abe Linkman]

1. The Husseins haven't told the world any of their supposed secrets. Why?

Why hasn't Saddam (or his sons before him) let the world know about some of the supposed secrets he knows about high U.S. officials and his past relationship with the U.S. Government?

I keep reading where the U.S. destroyed the house where Uday & Qusay were killed, in order to make sure no evidence of any senisitive information gets out; yet Saddam, who could easily "talk" via tapes to Al Jezeera, hasn't uttered even one little titillating piece of info.

Why?

[whoYaCallinAlib]

2. Good question. The secrets you speak of may not be bombshells.

Or, he may not have any secrets. I dunno. What do you think?

[Abe Linkman]

3. Any bombshells would undermine him, too.

I don't think SH has any damaging information that the THINKING world isn't aware of. Informed people already know that the U.S. supported his rise to power, strenghthened his hand once there, supplied him with chemicals and other exotic "weapons," gave him the greenlight to invade the 22nd Province (Kuwait) as punishment for the Kwuaitis stealing Iraqi oil (via slant-drilling into the Rumallah field) and refusing to pay up for it (at a time when Iraq had spent a huge amount of money fighting the Iranians, in a war that J.Carter had urged them into entering), and other such information that SH might provide the world, would simply be labeled as lies by our vaunted liberal media.

In short, he doesn't really have any leverage to gain from information he has (or probably has in his possession/control).