White House Praises Their Puppets In Iraq For Hanging Saddam

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.forbes.com/infoimaging/feeds/ap/2006/11/05/ap3146357.html

The White House said Sunday that President Bush is confident the Iraqi government and U.S.-led forces are prepared to deal with a spike in violence following the Saddam Hussein verdict.

Bush recognizes that extremists and other Saddam loyalists might react violently, but the president believes Iraqi leaders and American and Iraqi security forces can keep contain any outbreaks, presidential counselor Dan Bartlett said.

"Today is great day for the Iraqi people and world peace," Bartlett told The Associated Press from Washington.

"Saddam Hussein was one of the most brutal dictators the world has ever seen. President Bush is particularly proud of our men and women in the United States military. Without their sacrifice, today's verdict would have never happened," Bartlett said.

[LynnTheDem]

1. "Hussein was one of the most brutal dictators the world has ever seen"

:rofl:

He was a tinpot dictator who was better at keeping the peace in Iraq & the electricity on than bush. And he killed far less Iraqis over 23 years than bush has already done in 3.

"worse than Hitler" :eyes:

Rightwingnuts; the bullshit never ends. :rofl:

[leftchick]

3. projection again

bush is the most brutal dictator the world has ever seen. And the world agrees...



http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1938434,00.html

[leftchick]

2. convicted of killing 142 people 24 years ago

yeah our american lives and treasure are worth it. :puke:

[yurbud]

4. An Iraqi said it best: glad he'll be executed but better off under him

As much as I dislike Bush, I don't know that I would want to see him removed, tried and punished if the price was no running water, no sewer, and no electricity and random killing of an equal proportion of Americans as the the 600,000 Iraqis that have been killed.

And of course, Bush's goal was not to liberate the people but liberate the oil for his cronies, and give the Iraqis a semblance of democracy to pacify Americans and Iraqis (even though he over-rules their parliament whenever they make the "wrong" decision).

But for Iraqis living in a country entrenched in civil strife and a fearsome insurgency, the scheduled verdict has the feeling of a tarnished moment.

Falah Hassan Mohammed, who runs a hardware store in Baghdad, recalled being overwhelmed with joy when the former dictator was pulled from an underground hiding spot in December 2003.

Mohammed, 51, long resented Hussein and blamed him for his years as a prisoner of war during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war.

But now, Mohammed said, he feels deeply conflicted.

"I hate Saddam Hussein, and I hope they will execute him," he said. "But there is no doubt that we were better with Saddam than we are in this current situation."


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-061105saddam-story,1,323460,print.story?coll=chi-news-hed
(last paragraph of article)