The Next 24 Hours Will Be Critical....Iraq Verdict

[rsmith6621]

With the Saddam verdit/sentencing being handed down if it result in a gross amount of Iraqi civilian deaths and or God forbid a high amount of U.S Troop casulties certianly it will swing those undecided I believe towards the DEM resulting what could be a very large landslide against the PUKES...however if the Military and Iraq government keep it under control you know bushco will be spinning this as much as they can against us.....

Anyone have other thoughts....

[John Q. Citizen]

1. I can't bear to view human suffering through the lense of whether it

might create a landslide for us or not.

In fact, it could do just the opposite and swing sympathy toward the failed bush policies.

[glaeken777]

2. we shall see

According to Talking Points Memo, it was just released that the death sentence was indeed handed down this morning.

[bigtree]

3. I think the focus on Iraq helps keep Bush away from his tax attacks

he's planning on Democrats.

[ClassWarrior]

4. Please Corporate Media... don't bring up Iraq again!!... Don't throw us...

...in that briar patch!!

:rofl:

NGU.

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Oh, puleeeze, don't do it again. No, no, no. I hate the briar patch.

[jobycom]

5. Our people aren't being fooled anymore. I think any result hurts bush

People have been very cynical of Bush since Katrina. Whatever happens, Hussein's verdict will look like political manipulation. In good times for the Republicans, people still see the manipulation, they just think of it as smart politics. Now they will think of it as another diversion.

If Hell breaks lose (and I think that would happen more at his execution than his verdict--funny how no one assumes a fair trial with the option for acquital, isn't it?), Bush looks despicable. If peace is kept, people won't give him any kudos.

It's too late for the Repubs. Gimmics won't work. Anything will backfire on them now. What we have to hope for is a peaceful result in Iraq, not to sway the election (and shame on anyone who hopes for violence to sway the election), but to prevent Bush from having an excuse for more drastic actions before the new Congress can take charge. Never forget, even before 9-11, Bush released a memo explaining when he could justify first strike nuclear attacks. Iraq was one of his targets. He's a sick man, he is dying to try it.

[BootinUp]

6. Don't know what will happen in Iraq, but

I don't expect Americans to be swayed by the verdict one way or the other. First it is not in doubt what the verdict will be. Second the question of whether Iraq is going well or not is also already factored in. If Iraq blows up, those that believe we should stay the course will make the excuse that this is temporary. And people who tend to side with stay the course will buy it.

[Hugin]

7. This will be played widely here in the US...

Where it will meet a lackluster response.

I assume it will receive little play in Iraq. (As a 'security measure')

But, it's a ready talking point for the lazy and understaffed bulk media and a lighting rod
excuse for any electoral cheating by the GOPPERS.

I hate to be so doom-n-gloom, but, forewarned is forearmed.

[WilliamPitt]

9. "I assume it will receive little play in Iraq."

Dead wrong.

An aide to al-Maliki said authorities are imposing a 12-hour curfew on Baghdad and three surrounding provinces starting at 6 a.m. Sunday. Not just cars, but people will be barred from the streets. Baghdad's airport also will be closed.

The curfew will cover all of Baghdad province, Salahuddin province, which includes Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, and the Sunni insurgent hotbeds of Diyala and Anbar provinces.

Leave for all military personnel has been canceled indefinitely and vacationing soldiers recalled to active duty.

New checkpoints sprang up around main roads, including within the heavily fortified Green Zone that houses Iraqi government offices and the U.S. and British embassies. Larger than usual numbers of policemen and U.S. troops patrolled city streets, while U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicles blocked traffic on both sides of the al-Jumhuriyah Bridge, one of the capital's most heavily guarded because it carries traffic past the Green Zone.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/04/AR2006110400371.html

Little play? The capital is totally locked down.

[Hugin]

12. Thanks Pitt... But, as in all totalitarian regimes they aren't saying why there is...

a clamp down. Not to the general population, anyway.

Clamp downs happen.

In fact, the clamp down may be in place to dampen the rumor mill.

Notice how it will curtail the people's inherent right to gather and discuss?

[Clinton Crusader]

8. Could be wrong, but I think..

it's a foregone conclusion he's guilty, with a penalty of death. MSM will play this to the hilt with endless Bulletins, Breakng News and Alerts, but I don't see much of anyone caring, really. Pukes will beat their chest endlessly and I do believe there will be widespread reaction in Iraq. But overall, here? It's a comma, as someone once said. It has absolutely nothing to do with anything. Since the day of 'we got him', has it not been already known he would be guilty with a penalty of death? Or am I so jaded at this point...?

[niceypoo]

11. It wont help the GOP

capturing Saddam didnt help them. Der Chimpen-Fuhrers Berlin bunker is surrounded and the enemy is closing in from all sides. Launching a last second "final offensive" wont help der chimpen-fuhrer. All is lost. One thing though, the democratic sock puppets need to ask this: "What is Saddam accused of in Iraq that Bush hasnt done to Iraqis?". He certainly slaughters them faster than Saddam ever did and for far less reason.