Bumbling Over Saddam
As you've no doubt heard elsewhere - we've captured Saddam Hussein alive. Here are some of the stupid statements I've seen since the news broke:
He was captured in a cellar in Tikrit. There is no way that he could have been leading the "resistance". Is this really so different than Osama coordinating the worldwide actions of Al Qaeda from a cave in Afghanistan?
Howard Dean: "President Bush deserves a day of celebration." "We have our policy differences but we won't be discussing those today." Thats pretty convenient on the day when his anti-war, turn it over to the UN at any cost policy looks worse than ever.
Dean Supporter: ...yes, Saddam would still be in power, so what. I'll take afforable healthcare for everyone in the US over Saddam capture any day."
Another Dean Supporter: Sigh. All I can think about is the effect of Saddam's capture on the Dean campaign!". Dean ... the candidate of the 'Me First' generation?
Atrios: Saddam was a bad guy, but it isn't clear he's any worse of a guy than some of the folks who are a part of our "Coalition of the Willing," so this pretense of moral clarity, etc... is ridiculous.
He was captured in a cellar in Tikrit. There is no way that he could have been leading the "resistance". Is this really so different than Osama coordinating the worldwide actions of Al Qaeda from a cave in Afghanistan?
Howard Dean: "President Bush deserves a day of celebration." "We have our policy differences but we won't be discussing those today." Thats pretty convenient on the day when his anti-war, turn it over to the UN at any cost policy looks worse than ever.
Dean Supporter: ...yes, Saddam would still be in power, so what. I'll take afforable healthcare for everyone in the US over Saddam capture any day."
Another Dean Supporter: Sigh. All I can think about is the effect of Saddam's capture on the Dean campaign!". Dean ... the candidate of the 'Me First' generation?
Atrios: Saddam was a bad guy, but it isn't clear he's any worse of a guy than some of the folks who are a part of our "Coalition of the Willing," so this pretense of moral clarity, etc... is ridiculous.
# | December 14, 2003