Heartland

a.r.kane wrote:

I take it from this that your initial post on the subject had the desired effect.

Personally I'm against the death sentence in general.

Anyhoo, I don't think the "allies" ever expected to capture Saddam alive (assuming it is Saddam, and not one of his body-doubles) and so were never expecting to face this particular dilemma:

Option a: Kill Saddam and turn him into a martyr.
Option b: Keep Saddam alive and turn him into a rallying point for the anti-western forces.

Neither sounds great does it?

a.r.kane wrote:Saddam spent 30 yrs keeping the waring factions of the middle east under control,

Yeah, and Mussolini kept the trains running on time.

a.r.kane wrote:He has bigger balls than anyone here and can p*ss further up the wall.

At least none of us will have to worry about feeling under-endowed for much longer.

markfiend wrote:

a.r.kane wrote:Saddam spent 30 yrs keeping the waring factions of the middle east under control,

Yeah, and Mussolini kept the trains running on time.

And Hitler built the finest motorways.

Badlander wrote:

markfiend wrote:

a.r.kane wrote:Saddam spent 30 yrs keeping the waring factions of the middle east under control,

Yeah, and Mussolini kept the trains running on time.

And Hitler built the finest motorways.

Not to mention he was the first one to come out with an environmental policy

And those uniforms-- so smart!

Hugo Boss, IIRC?

markfiend wrote:And those uniforms-- so smart!

Lemmy loves them. Sharp dressed man.

Badlander wrote:

markfiend wrote:

a.r.kane wrote:Saddam spent 30 yrs keeping the waring factions of the middle east under control,

Yeah, and Mussolini kept the trains running on time.

And Hitler built the finest motorways.

Ayupp. The first of them all is just a few miles from where I live. The A555 between cologne and Bonn was the first. And untill lately, there was no speed limit! 260Km/h make it a matter of minutes to get from Bonn to Cologne.