Better half way than no way. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by agwiii
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Better half way than no way. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by agwiii
That's what all half-wits say. I have always wondered why they would admit such a thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by studiose
You know, I can't really say. :( But how about that spontaneous combustion, then? Did you give it a try? Oh come on, you've got to! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by agwiii
Oh my, I will just not comment on the insults going back and forth.
Lets put it this way. If people want to commit suicide because of Saddam's hanging, well, it is a selfish act, and terrorists are nothing but selfish. A tragedy to be sure people feel a need to commit suicide, I know of a family member who did that very thing, and the pain of it will live with me forever. So you guys can make jokes about it, but for the families left behind, I hope they realize that suicide is selfish act that hurts the family most of all.
Now for the drivel about how Saddam was hung to cover up his misdeeds and relations with the US. We know the US foreign policy in the 80's was to support this mutt. You are not telling us anything new. Again, another miscaluclation on the behalf of US Foreign policy. It isn't some deep dark secret. The one thing that the US has to wear is its failures in foreign policy, because unlike Communist nations (China) or autocratic powers (Russia), there is a freedom of information act on much of what goes on, and it is that democratic freedom to question the government of any western nation that makes the US such a great whipping boy for all the left-wing, knee-jerk second guessing that seems to be alive and well in every democratic nation. That is the price the US has to pay for freedom of speech. Yet you guys think the US is the problem.
No, Saddam was backed in a cynical foreign policy that was common in the cold war. My dictator was always better than your dictator, or in this case, better Saddam than Iran. Remember, the US was still smarting after the hostage crisis. Was it wrong? Hell ya, it was, but show me a nation state that gets everything right and I will show you revisionist history. Saddam was the attack dog for the US in 1980 or so, but by the time 1989 came along, they realized the dog might be rabid. In 1990, they knew the dog was rabid, and they just took 14 years to put him down.
Saddam didn't take any secret information making the US look bad to the grave. If he did, he is twice the moron I thought he was, a trial where that evidence was entered would have embarassed the US. Yet Saddam just bleated how he had the right to be president and the trial was illegal. No, the trial was your chance to put it in the open dummy, assuming you had anything more to add, but alas, Saddam was obviously holding the door when they handed out intelligence....
No, we just think it's a part of the problem. It takes two to tango.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Speaking of families, I also saw a story on Finnish media on how Saddam's daughters miss their father, probably another thing the US media will coveniently forget.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Sorry about that. And apologies to Agwiii. I wasn't myself last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
who where you then?Quote:
Originally Posted by studiose
Well, I don't know what to call it, but I was drunk and pissed off at Agwiii. Whereas usually I'm just pissed off at Agwiii. :)
Isn't that to be expected?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eki
It is hardly news, or news worthy. Everybody who loses a family member feels a sense of loss. All of the bad stuff goes away, and everyone remembers the good.It is a natural part of grieving.
I am not sure what point you are making