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White House Launches Campaign To Politicize Saddam Verdict Ahead of Midterm Elections »


The verdict in the trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was recently postponed until November 5, two days before the U.S. midterm elections. Media Matters has questioned whether “the date for the verdict’s release set to provide maximum political benefit for the administration and congressional Republicans.”

Asked today whether the verdict would be a factor in the U.S. elections, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said, “You are absolutely right, it will be a factor.” Snow said the verdict “may fit into a larger narrative about an Iraqi government that has been doing what the president has said all along.” He portrayed the decision as yet another turning point for Iraq. “This is a benchmark episode, where the Iraqi people are taking control of their own destiny,” he said.

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The day Hussein was captured, President Bush addressed the nation. He said the capture “marks the end his of the road…for all who bullied and killed in his name.” For ordinary Iraqis, it was “further assurance that the torture chambers and the secret police are gone forever.” Bush said, “A hopeful day has arrived. All Iraqis can now come together and reject violence and build a new Iraq.”

In the three years since, all of these claims have come undone. Since Hussein was captured:

– 2,358 U.S. soldiers have died, roughly 85 percent of the total U.S. fatalities during the Iraq war.

[JDPriestly]

1. News manipulation.

The tool of totalitarian regimes. Just another proof that Bush and his friends are fascists at heart.

[Rainscents]

2. Hey Snow... I don't think it's going to work!

People are on to BS... not this time.

[evlbstrd]

3. Not much of a surprise.

Since it was announced some time ago and the verdict is a forgone conclusion.
But the phrase 'the torture chambers and the secret police are gone forever' should be repeated in that context.

[Richard Steele]

4. I'm gonna LOVE it if the verdict is a bit SURPRISING to B*shCabal™.

Iraqui politics is certainly _NOT_ the cowboy-fantasy
good guys/bad guys nonsense that B*sh has based his policy on.

I wouldn't be a bit surprised if some serious behind-the-scenes
dealmaking results in a "verdict" which is not at all to
B*sh's liking.

TWO DAYS before the election.

[darkism]

5. I thought it was postponed again?

I read here that the court moved it back beyond the elections...

[Old and In the Way]

6. 600,000 Iraqi's dead because of our actions.....

pretty damn hard to get excited about Saddam's trial outcome when our own pResident's war crimes have exceeded his. This is a big nothing event.

[wakeme2008]

7. IMHO this will be a big ZZZZZzZZzzzzz UNTIL the attacks on American troops

start in Iraq.

People are expecting him to be found GUILTY... No big surprise there...

But IMHO the pro-Sadam ppl will start a riot over this and start attacking more and more US troops.