Do you expect retaliation?

[cool user name]

Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh???

What the fuck to you think?

[Skittles]

1. can you believe they specualte on the friggin'' obvious

f'n idiots

[sanskritwarrior]

4. Actually no

Saddam is not a martyr,he is an secular leader of an obscure Iraqi tribe that bribed his way to power and kept it the same way.

I just got back from Iraq recently and Saddam is a non factor is insurgency violence.

But hey I could be wrong.

[Alamom]

5. You could be.........wrong.

http://today.reuters.com/news/home.aspx


Saddam hanged at dawn, bomb kills 34
Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:36am ET

By Mariam Karouny

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein was hanged at dawn on Saturday for crimes against humanity, a dramatic, violent end for a leader who ruled Iraq by fear for three decades before he was toppled by a U.S. invasion in 2003.

In what looked like a swift response by Sunni insurgents loyal to Saddam, a car bomb killed 34 people in a Shi'ite town -- the sort of sectarian attack that has pitched Iraq toward civil war since U.S. troops broke Saddam's iron grip.

Police in Kufa, near the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf, said 30 people were killed and 58 wounded by the car bomb at a market packed with shoppers ahead of the week-long Eid al-Adha holiday. They said a mob killed a man they accused of planting the bomb.

The deaths of four troops pushed the American death toll to just four short of the emotive 3,000 mark. Bush already faces mounting public dismay at the war as Iraq slides toward all-out civil war between Saddam's fellow Sunnis and majority Shi'ites.





& Wecome to DU.

[sanskritwarrior]

6. I believe the poster was

asking about retaliation against the US. Sectarian violence is obviously going to increase,

[cool user name]

10. You think the bullets understand? n/t?

[Alamom]

16. OK...... ....We have Americans in Iraq who obviously find it almost

impossible to avoid Sectarian violence as they are trying to prevent it or so we are told and they are killed and injured everyday.

If Sectarian violence increases, I would suppose there will be increased anger towards the US Troops or anyone else who stands in the way and possibly, retaliation could be the motive.




The OP did not state retaliation against the US or anyone in particular.

[cool user name]

9. My heart goes out to the soldiers that have to deal with this.

Impeachment/removal will not happen a second too soon to me.

[cool user name]

8. I hate Bush (with a passion)

... let's say we're invaded and they snatch him, don't give him a fair trial and execute him within six months? I'm fucking pissed.

It's something much deeper. I happen to respect internationl law. I am against the death penalty, but, oh and it's a big but, someone's going to hang, then Bush, Reagan and Bush II need to be in the same gallows.

I'm just sayin' ....

[Alamom]

2. It scares me to think what could happen in Iraq,

(possibly) here & abroad.


Wondering if B**H will get a little "surge" in approval ratings.....

Knowning this will overshadow any news from the MSM annoucing the 3000 mark in deaths of our troops.......

Curious.....what ever happened to OBL?


Sorry, just rambling thoughts this morning. x(

[cool user name]

11. You're rambling is normal and expected.

What is more important is to know why this shit happens in the first place.

The answers may not be appealing.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Yep

It's not "if" but "when" - I'd give it about 3 years, maybe 5 years, for a biggy.

[emanymton]

7. No. The Chaos Is So Great It Cannot Get Any Worse.

In Iraq there is no one source of direction except _AT_ USA. This will continue unabated. The resistance actions are on-going in Iraq. The resistors do not need another excuse to continue their resistance.

[cool user name]

12. What sucks is I wanted to agree with you ...

... yet that keeps us there, square in the middle of the same old shit.

How do we improve this situation?

[emanymton]

14. Declare Victory. Bring The Troops Home. NOW!!

The war in Iraq has been an elective war from the beginning. It has been run by USA on USA's terms from the get-go. It will be ended whenever USA says. So say it. And get.

Simple. The war is over. Now Iraq is just another dirty Middle East mess. Let the UN worry about it.

[Philosoraptor]

13. But of course, that's the whole point, escalation.

[Deja Q]

15. While many Iraqi despised the bastard, some liked him.

And no doubt those few will want to retaliate.

[cassiepriam]

17. Iran and N Korea better get nuke capability NOW.

They might be next in line for a public lynching.
If they are smart they will get some protection in place.

[cool user name]

18. Ummm North Korea has nukes ...

And we're not far from invading Iran.

This whole world is going to hell and guess what, the US is the cause of it.

Call me unpatriotic if you will. This is beyond fucked up.

:(

[cassiepriam]

19. better be long range capability.

[cool user name]

20. Or what?

We'll send a troop* over the border?

*Yes, that was singular.

[cassiepriam]

21. Oh BushCo can always scrape up the resources to loot and steal...

Or to grab power. Do not underestimate them.
If destroying N Korea or Iran suits their needs for the moment
they will do it. One way or the other.

[cool user name]

23. I never underestimate that madman ...

"When Bush is cornered, cities die!"

[moondust]

22. It might be delayed.

Remember how fast Baghdad fell and it was Mission Accomplished? Apparently the real resistance just laid back until Turkeyboy had convinced himself he had won and the troops had been drawn into the urban trap.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. No, won't get much worse

at least not for long. The violence is probably currently near the max that can be maintained, given the logistics to support the current level. Food, ammo, fighters, all need to be brought in constantly. I don't think the supply lines can be greatly or quickly increased.

Unless all that is stockpiled, ready for a "Tet"-like massive attack. Which like Tet, would be a short-lived suicide mission.

[radfringe]

25. retailiation?

I expect an increase in attacks - call it retailiation? dunno - seems to me any excuse will do

meanwhile - bush has had since november to "make a decision" and hasn't - although it looks like escalation is in the works. Seems to me the time to "surge" or "escalate" was back in November if for no other reason than to provide extra security for "retailiation" resulting from saddam's execution.

we'll hit 3,000 dead before the year is over.

relating to saddam's execution: did it end the war? no
did it end terrorism? no
will it increase sectarian violence/civil war? probably