Saddam

Originally posted by Tonio
Maybe I have Godfather on the brain. Could we avoid a war if we pulled a Jack Woltz on Saddam? This is going to sound incredibly sick, but what if we cut his son's head off and stick the head in Saddam's bed?

Nah, but cutting off Saddams head and his son's would work fine!!

[MGKrebs]

I think history shows us that transition to a free society cannot be done too quickly. Soviet Union went too fast. They did not have the systems in place to make the transistion smoothly. Countries like China and Egypt are taking their time, making the change gradually. Even the simplest thing like voters getting used to be informed enough to make a decent choice can be a real problem. Iraq probably won't get the chance to make a smooth transistion, but I doubt if we will allow a monarchy or something similar to be installed.

[Tonio]

Originally posted by justhangn
Nah, but cutting off Saddams head and his son's would work fine!!

No, I'd rather see Saddam paralyzed with terror.

[SmallTown]

I say we capture saddam and put him in the national zoo

Originally posted by SmallTown
I say we capture saddam and put him in the national zoo

I'll rent paintball guns to the public, for entertainment purposes, of course!!

[vraiblonde]

Originally posted by MGKrebs
They may not want to be free

That may be the most sensible thing I've ever seen you post. Because you're right - there will be some that don't want to be free. That girl's analogy likening it to our Civil War resonated with me. Liberating Iraq is something that MUST be done but you can't just dump people on the side of the road and say, "Okay, go to it! You're free!" There has to be a transition period. But, like Russia, eventually the "old guard" will die out and Iraq will be just fine.

Originally posted by vraiblonde
Liberating Iraq is something that MUST be done but you can't just dump people on the side of the road and say, "Okay, go to it! You're free!" There has to be a transition period. But, like Russia, eventually the "old guard" will die out and Iraq will be just fine.

Iraq will turn into a bunch of warring factions like Afghanistan has. Before Sodamninsane took over in the late 70's, Iraq was AFU!!

[Kain99]

I think the answer is simple. Bush gives Saddam "one last chance" Knowing he will never step down, so that later he can look back and say " We gave him every opportunity to avoid War."

Great Idea IMHO

Originally posted by Kain99
I think the answer is simple. Bush gives Saddam "one last chance" Knowing he will never step down, so that later he can look back and say " We gave him every opportunity to avoid War."

Great Idea IMHO

Kind of like what we have done for 12 years and 17+ resolutions?

[Kain99]

JH do you need another spanking?