n5hsr <n5hsr@comcast.net> writes:
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> I still think I would have said "Ooops, my hand slipped off
> this live grenade that I just dropped down the spider hole,
> and let the door slam back shut on.".[/color]
It's a tempting thought, but Saddam will certainly end up dancing
at the end of a rope. At least this way, with the trial, we get
the bene- fit of
PR. You can bet your ass and hat that had the
troops simply killed him, the Blame America First Society would've
pounced on the lack of due process and used it against the U.S.
Also, don't think for a minute that the lesson of our being able to
invade a distant country and effect regime change (whatever the
complications may have been afterward) was lost on our emerging
adversary, Red China. (Yes, I still call them that. To hell with
this politically correct "PRC" stuff.) Long-range power projection
is something we have that the ChiComs lack, and will for a long time.
Geoff
--
"And how about the American eagle? The eagle is a bird of prey
and hence offensive to rodents, a key Democrat constituency."
-- Ann Coulter
