CNN Reporter in Iraq:"They Long For The Days of Saddam Hussein"!

[leftchick]

my how the cheer leading days of Iraq war have seem to have evaporated from CNN. First the sniper video played all week then this report from Arwa Damon in Baghdad. After giving the bloody October report in Iraq she went on to say that many Iraqis long for the days of Saddam Hussein for at least they had security!

[Cooley Hurd]

1. I've got CNN on in the background, but that one caught my ear...

For the majority of Iraqis, SH had little direct impact on their day-to-day lives. Sure, those who spoke out against SH had a bit of trouble ;), but most just went about their business. At least they weren't faced with daily carnage on the scale they see now.

[Boojatta]

5. Hmmm...

For the majority of Iraqis, SH had little direct impact on their day-to-day lives. Sure, those who spoke out against SH had a bit of trouble, but most just went about their business.

What did SH do that motivated people to speak out against him? If GWB became a serial killer and killed 150 Americans, the majority of Americans wouldn't be affected by that amount of serial killing.

[Old and In the Way]

2. It ought to be obvious to all that the reason Iraq was reasonably stable

was because there was a ruthless person at the top to keep law and order. Despite that reputation, Hussein built a modern and socially progressive Iraq in the 80s. Women had equal footing in their secular society and they had the highest per capita income at one point.

But his biggest problem is that he thought he owned the oil under Iraq and that it could be used to benefit himself and the people.

[NNN0LHI]

4. It took a half a million man army, a fully functioning police force, and...

...a top notch intelligence service to pull it all off.

None of which we have now or ever will have in Iraq with Iraqs puppet leaders holed up in our fortified green zone.

Don

[Boojatta]

6. SH attacked Iran. So if SH is worthy of emulation, then should GWB attack

Iran?

[Temporary1]

3. Oh Freeprers are really going to call fo jihad against CNN now..

sigh..