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2003-12-14 Iraq

Arabs Have Mixed Emotions About ~~Cowering~~ Saddam Capture

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Posted by Dragon Fly 2003-12-14 11:53:33 AM|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 heh heh Nabbed like a rat hiding in a hole.

You could replace 'arabs' with 'CNN anchors' and it would still be true.

Posted by 4thInfVet 2003-12-14 12:08:40 PM|| 2003-12-14 12:08:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I love this comment from a similar article. CLASS=ED HREF="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031214/D7VE8A0G1.html"

"Makhoul, however, said he was sad that Saddam should meet his fate at the hands of the Americans, whom he said "cared nothing about the Iraqi people."

Samer Saado, an employee at a Damascus flower shop, said he didn't care about Saddam but felt overwhelming sadness for Iraq and the entire Arab world.

"What the Americans are doing in Iraq and everywhere else is humiliating. There's nothing to say we're not next in line," he said."

You got that right, boy.

Posted by B 2003-12-14 1:11:00 PM|| 2003-12-14 1:11:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Reuters will keep spinning like a top slowly moving across the floor until it falls down the stairs. Then it spins around on it side in a circle until it runs out of gas. They can't see reality if it slapped them in the face. Unbelieveable.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-12-14 1:12:42 PM|| 2003-12-14 1:12:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 CNN Anchors seem to be spinning a little, watching Blitzer and co do a tap dance about "a great celibration in Iraq, except a lot of violence ahead" They got very excited about the Bahgdad car bomb until they found out it was only an accident. Blitz had Joe Wilson on to comment....extreme irony considering the Telegraph posts here. He is talking the new Demo party line about 'internationalizing' Saddam's trial so that all Iraqis can see how "the global community stands behind them". Right. 12 years of UN sanction was 'standing behind' Iraqis fer sure.

Posted by john 2003-12-14 1:21:55 PM|| 2003-12-14 1:21:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 "the global community stands behind them"

Well, the french and germans were standing behind the Iraqis, certainly. But they didn't even have the decency to offer them a reach-around.

Posted by 4thInfVet 2003-12-14 1:59:49 PM|| 2003-12-14 1:59:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 4thInfVet - I hope most of the RB'ers don't know what a reach-around is LOL

Posted by Frank G 2003-12-14 3:20:13 PM|| 2003-12-14 3:20:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I believe an RA is considered a common courtesy in some circles.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-12-14 4:17:50 PM|| 2003-12-14 4:17:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 the EU?

Posted by Frank G 2003-12-14 5:07:33 PM|| 2003-12-14 5:07:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 "I am saying so not because Saddam is an Arab but because he is the only man who said ânoâ to American injustice in the Middle East,"

-and who was saying no to Saddam's injustice in the Middle East? Stupid Asshole.

Posted by Jarhead 2003-12-14 5:39:00 PM|| 2003-12-14 5:39:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Hey you can't blame the Arabs for what they think. The have been fed that anti-American crap for so long. They still think Saddam is a great leader. Wait a couple of years after they see the Democracy in Iraq. I am not angry I just pity them. At least Howard Dean thinks the capture is a good think. Kerry acted as though Bush orchestrated the capture. I pity these two as well.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2003-12-14 7:03:12 PM|| 2003-12-14 7:03:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Frank,
I think Bulldog and Artis have been arguing about whether the RA should be included in the Constitution for the longest.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-12-14 9:12:34 PM|| 2003-12-14 9:12:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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