Finally
posted in General |FINALLY
After all these months, Saddam Hussein was finally captured – alive. There he was, the “Ace of Spades” in the Iraqi deck, hiding in a hole in the ground. I guess that gives a whole new meaning to that quaint American expression, “An ace in the hole”.
So everyone is happy about this development. Well, almost everybody. Certainly George Bush and his aides are delighted, but the Democrats intent on challenging George in 11/04 have to be muttering under their collective breaths. While offering carefully worded congratulations they must be cursing their luck at losing a potent campaign issue. Now the story will have to change to “why didn't you catch him earlier”, or “we have to get out of Iraq faster”, or “now we have to internationalize the Iraqi recovery”. Either that or the old reliable, “Where is Bin Laden?”
But in addition to the Demo Dwarfs, there are others whose congratulations are muted. I refer of course to the French, Germans and Russians who no doubt wanted to find Saddam — dead. Saddam will no doubt be given the chance to cop a plea to save his filthy hide, and the result just might depend upon how much he sings. We know of the underhanded dealings between Saddam and the European trio and under the right circumstances, he might be persuaded to share the details. Sooner or later, we will have to turn Saddam over to his Iraqi country men, but not before he has had ample time to spill his cowardly guts. We need to have the opportunity to show the Muslin world just what an animal he was – and how he was helped by his European buddies.
No doubt, the Radio and TV networks will treat Saddam like OJ, the Balt/DC snipers, Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant, etc., – saturation coverage for weeks. In that process, I am sure there will be reporters anxious to track the Saddam/French Connection. Personally I think it is there. I hope they find it.