Free Iraq

Marine units low on morale? Understandable, but they should also NOT forget that many of them HAVE done a great job out there.

You only have to look at what many ordinary Iraqi people are saying now. Look here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4420933.stm

When I read these personal stories, each one makes the ousting of Saddam more and more palatable. Yes, there are many horror stories of abuse in the prisons, and civilians being killed by insurgents and the US marines. Despite the lies told by Blair and Bush, I am only too willing not to dwell on everything bad. I am willing to look on the brighter side of the occupation. I must, because I owe it to the Iraqis who have survived Saddam only to risk their lives to vote in January.

The more I read about Saddam's Iraq, the more amazed I am at how this man controlled every aspect (even small aspects) of the Iraqi people's lives.

Yesterday I was watching the LATE EDITION show on CNN which interviewed Talabani - I saw Dr Hussain Shahristani, a former decade-long prisoner of Saddam clearly taking an active role in the political push forward to democracy. He was not the only one of that ilk. It is miraculous and almost uncanny to see such people "return from the dead", to see them lend a guiding and caring hand to their people.

Give it time and the Iraqis will work it out. I am hoping we can see the beginnings of the Saddamite trials soon, it will be the biggest trials since Nuremberg. I relish it.
 

To whom it may concern
 

Battle-weary marines anticipate taste of freedom. Iraqis say Please go.

"The Americans brought the terrorists here. They weren't here before. And I don't believe the terrorists are Muslims.

"The Americans search our houses. With their aggressive behavior, they are turning the Iraqis against them."
 

No humor here:

"The US got what it wants, a US government. The Iraqi people are saying: 'How could we have elected those people'? And those are the people the US will continue to protect. At gunpoint, the Iraqi people have been denied the right to govern their country and live in peace.

"What Iraq will look like if the new "government" succumb to US dictates and Orders? "A small sampling of the most important orders demonstrates the economic imprint left by the Bush administration: Order No. 39 allows for: (1) privatization of Iraq's 200 state-owned enterprises; (2) 100% foreign ownership of Iraqi businesses; (3) 'national treatment' - which means no preferences for local over foreign businesses; (4) unrestricted, tax-free remittance of all profits and other funds; and (5) 40-year ownership licenses",. . .

"The elections were a US trap. The Iraqi people have been deceived to vote for a US government. Instead of ending the Occupation peacefully by the ballot box, Iraqis actually voted for the continuation of the Occupation and US domination. Western Liberal elites and the "anti-war" organisers, who endorsed and hailed the elections as "praiseworthy" should be ashamed for not only, betraying their own moral consciousness, but also the Iraqi people."
 

A brief history helps us to understand Rumsfeld's concern.
 

"Give it time and the Iraqis will work it out. I am hoping we can see the beginnings of the Saddamite trials soon, it will be the biggest trials since Nuremberg. I relish it.
# posted by olivercromwell"

Well, lets see what kind of trial it will be. Lets hope in the trial will be a part why / how Iraq went to war against Iran. An other interesting part will be the investigation from where Iraq got its chemical weapons. Some people say that USA will never allow a "free" trial, there is to much to hide. Saddam propably dies a couple of days before the trial in a sudden heart attack. Then USA can say that Saddam was affraid and died because of the stress and many present Iraqi rulers will be safe with their own secrets. Lets see what happens.
 

another quote to consider for this article:
"There is no such thing as the United Nations" - John Bolton, Bush nominee for Ambassador to the UN.

Here;s another from Mr. Bolton:
'In their international operation, treaties are simply political obligations.'

Mudjack,
while your solution to facing the reality of our world might be to pop a couple of prozacs (and by default NOT facing reality), some people have a drive to see what 'is' without the masks, lies,
and obstructions to truth. This means striping our sacred beliefs which can much be akin to going through drug-withdrawl. Our delusioned beliefs can often release the same chemicals one experiences in drug addictions. The truth most often does not provide warm, fuzzy feelings. Perhaps you are in the wrong place; I found a site you might find more to your liking:

http://www.foxnews.com/
 

"Washington . . .complaining that the weapons could end up in criminal hands . . .does not have such concerns regarding Colombia, which has benefited from several billion dollars worth of modern weapons free of charge from the US arsenal. Perhaps it is because unlike Venezuela, Columbia is not negotiating oil sales to China that could pose a threat to Washington's supply chain, opposing the FTAA, nor helping to form a regional oil cartel with other left-leaning South American countries."
 

Since humor is the order of the day, this from Condi:

Abu Ghraib? Unfortunate, but bad things sometimes happen. The U.S. image abroad? A problem, perhaps, but not a big worry.

"The United States has had to make some difficult decisions and do some difficult things," she says. "It was simply time to take down Saddam Hussein. It was time."

Only once does she get almost snappish, in response to a long question from a columnist that ends by wondering whether President Bush "gets it."

"I'll tell you what the president 'gets,"' Rice says. "He 'gets' that thanks to the decisions he has made, 50 million people don't live under dictatorships . . ."
 

Cindy Sheehan, her son having been killed in Iraq, temporarily is without humor. To "George and Dick" she writes:

"Celebrate the new found "Culture of Life" in your hypocritical administration. BRING OUR TROOPS HOME. NOW!!!"
 

Simohurta, you had best check your figures before gloating about where Iraq got its arms.

China, Russia and South Africa were the major contributors (Russia and China account for a massive 70%). The UK donated a total of around 0%, whilst America donated approx 2%. Check out the SIPRI website for arms imports 1973-1991.

As for Saddam's trial? Most people don't care if Mickey Mouse is the judge. The fact you Saddamites need to swallow?.... is that Saddam and his cronies will be executed, by the very people they terrorized for 30 years. Thats all that matters. Iraqis will celebrate when its done!