President Bush's Statement on Execution of Saddam Hussein (seriously and damn you mrbush)

[uppityperson]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061229-15.html

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT

Today, Saddam Hussein was executed after receiving a fair trial -- the kind of justice he denied the victims of his brutal regime.

Fair trials were unimaginable under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule. It is a testament to the Iraqi people's resolve to move forward after decades of oppression that, despite his terrible crimes against his own people, Saddam Hussein received a fair trial. This would not have been possible without the Iraqi people's determination to create a society governed by the rule of law.

Saddam Hussein's execution comes at the end of a difficult year for the Iraqi people and for our troops. Bringing Saddam Hussein to justice will not end the violence in Iraq, but it is an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain, and defend itself, and be an ally in the War on Terror.

We are reminded today of how far the Iraqi people have come since the end of Saddam Hussein's rule - and that the progress they have made would not have been possible without the continued service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform.

Many difficult choices and further sacrifices lie ahead. Yet the safety and security of the American people require that we not relent in ensuring that Iraq's young democracy continues to progress.

Oh fuck you mrbush, damn you all to hell you lying sack of propagandish bullshit. Edited to add another damnation

[NMMNG]

1. Oh, why did I read that while I was eating?

:puke:

[uppityperson]

3. I think the man is insane.

Reality? what might that be?

[NMMNG]

7. I don't think he's insane

Just a rabidly hateful jagoff with the ability to twist anything to fit his personal agenda (much like all rethug/fundie types)

[SmellsLikeDeanSpirit]

2. *yank**yank*

So we've turned the corner again?

[Matariki]

4. like the fair trials prisoners in Guantanamo get

oh yeah. they don't get any sort of trial. so i guess that's okay then.

[StrictlyRockers]

5. Only one sentence to make me want to retch? A new record? Hardly.

[Erika]

6. Fair trials.BS.

The world laughs at you W and cries for true Americans.

[Raine]

8. When did he have time for that

I though he was tucked into bed by 8:00. :shrug:

[uppityperson]

19. BBC article today said a preprepared statement

[enigmatic]

9. Yuck it up, W

This is The Mother Of All Phyrric Victories for you.

[LynnTheDem]

10. "executed after receiving a fair trial" Oh really?

Amnesty International;
Saddam Hussein's trial deeply flawed and unfair
http://www.amnestyusa.org/youth/plugged_in/0611/hussein_trial.html

Amnesty International deplores the decision of the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal (SICT) to impose the death sentence on Saddam Hussein and two of his seven co-accused after a trial which was deeply flawed and unfair.
http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGMDE140372006

Human Rights Watch
Saddam Hussein's trial for crimes against humanity was undermined by so many flaws, including political interference and failures to disclose evidence properly, that his conviction is unsound.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1952845,00.html

UN Rights Group: First Saddam Trial Flawed
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-11-28-voa22.cfm

But then, bush of course knows better than human rights groups and most the rest of the world. Even many DUers agree with bush (or don't give a shit about fair trials.) America alone on the wrong side. Again.

[LynnTheDem]

11. There's bush's "PROGRESS" again.

The more people die, the more bush calls it "PROGRESS".

Motherfucking idiot.

[Poiuyt]

12. I thought he was supposed to be sleeping

[poiuytsister]

20. He Was Sleeping, Bro

They told him a few hours ahead of time the hanging was going to happen so he didn't have to stay up past his bedtime.

[Hieronymus]

13. Another speech written by someone else ..

prior to the hanging.:eyes:

[malaise]

14. Bush is a sick fuck

Hope he finds his trial fair. Same knife stick goat stick sheep.

[WritersBlock]

15. I wish justice upon you, George Bush. Nothing more; nothing less; nothing else. n/t

[oblivious]

16. Oh God! That propaganda makes me puke.

[Bluebear]

17. "And I got him for you, daddy! Please love me!" nt

[republicansarewhores]

18. Re: President Asshole

And I am glad that the BBC News made sure to cite these other facts President Asshole is in denial about.

We created this monster and the blood he shed is on members of our government's hands as well.

It's all blowback.

RAW

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1099005.stm

Iran-Iraq conflict

Seeing himself as the new leader and champion of all Arabs, Saddam Hussein poured his army across the border into western Iran in September 1980, hoping to defuse a potential threat from the new Islamic revolution.

The disastrous war lasted eight years and claimed a million lives.

The US quietly backed him, ignoring Iraq's human rights record and atrocities like the killing of 148 people in the mostly Shia town of Dujail after a failed assassination attempt against him in July 1982, and the gassing of 5,000 Kurdish villagers of Halabja in March 1988.

After the ceasefire with Iran that August, Saddam Hussein's constant striving for regional supremacy intensified.

His experts produced special long-range missiles and pursued ambitious nuclear, biological and chemical weapons programmes.

Invasion

But war with Iran had crippled the Iraqi economy and the Iraqi leader desperately needed to increase his oil revenues.

In August 1990, he accused Kuwait of driving the price of oil down, invaded and annexed the emirate.

Weeks of US-led bombing, during what Saddam Hussein had famously described as the "Mother of All Battles", reduced Iraq's infrastructure to ruins, and wrought havoc among front-line troops.

Operation Desert Storm, the subsequent ground assault in January 1991 to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait left thousands of Iraqi soldiers dead, wounded or captured.

Retreating troops set fire to the country's oil wells, turning day to night and precipitating a vast ecological disaster.

Kurds flee

But this time, the Iraqi president's blunders did lead to consequences at home. Encouraged by the first US President George Bush to rise up, the Shia of southern Iraq revolted.

But the Western powers did nothing, as Saddam Hussein ruthlessly restored his grip on the south.