Shutting Up Saddam to Save Bush's *****
Rob Kall

OpEdNews.Com

It was very predictable that the Bush slime administration would do
everything they could to shut Saddam up. Categorizing him as a
prisoner of war allows them to say that he has the right to remain
silent. And that's exactly how they want him. Otherwise, he'd make it
very clear how daddy Bush was his partner, how Rumsfield was his buddy
and how the US was the enabler for so many of the nasty things Saddam
perpetrated, that the Bushies, Limbaugh and his dittohead copycats
like to cite as reasons for the war, after, of course, the other lying
excuses were exposed as fraudulent.

So we have word from the British media that Saddam isn't talking. But,
they add, the papers found with him are helping. Funny. Since the
Kurds captured Saddam, threw him in the hole and delivered him to the
US (which all the world's media, except the zombie-dead US faux media
reported) those papers have to be seen as tainted, as set-ups aimed at
supporting Kurd interests. And while we're at it, let's ask, why
doesn't the administration toot the Saddam horn anymore? And when will
we find out how much of a reward was paid? I'm betting it was way more
that twenty-five million. Hell, it's not Bush's campaign money and it
was a "great investment."

Here's what Reuters reported:

"The Geneva Convention requires that POWs receive humane treatment,
including not being subjected to intimidation or insult and not being
turned into a public curiosity. It requires that POWs be given proper
food and freedom, be free to exercise their religion and receive
monthly pay depending on rank.

Air Force Maj. Michael Shavers, a Pentagon spokesman, said Saddam was
being given all the rights due him under the treaty.

"The bottom line is that Saddam Hussein was the leader of the old
regime's military forces, and therefore he was a member of the
military, and he was captured. That makes him an enemy prisoner of
war," Shavers said.

"It's unusual that you have such a high-ranking enemy prisoner of war.
So I think we just wanted to make sure that we had carefully thought
through all the ramifications," Shavers said."

Now, it's interesting, that Saddam, who basically laid down for the US
military and hardly put up a fight, is called a prisoner of war, while
the Taliban prisoners who fought aggressively, are held in gitmo and
are classified instead as enemy combatants who are eligible for
torture and who have very limited rights. Very handy. If you're going
to get in the habit of routine lying and fraud, little details like
this don't bother you. Anyway, as former Treasury secretary Paul
O'Neill said, Bush was "led like a blind man." So, it's not really the
president I'm calling a liar and fraud. No. He's a simpering, brain
dead idiot, allowing himself to be advised by criminals, thugs,
frauds, liars and corporate sycophants. And Bush is a sycophant
himself. Do I sound disgusted? Well, I am. I am sick and tired of a
lie-machine that echoes throughout the US via lying, distorting,
hypocritical, right wing pundits and talk show propagandists for a
regime that has done more to damage the US, its assets and its future
than any previous president and administration.

Keeping Saddam shut up is going to be very important to the Bush team
of idiots, liars and fat cat corporate whores. Saddam's mouth could be
a regular Pandora's box of bad news to them and their goals for
criminally, fraudulently taking over the US, using any and all means
possible. If they can steal, defraud and rig the 2004 elections, that
will give them time to appoint enough federal and supreme court judges
so they won't have to worry about laws, or constitutional issues
anymore. They'll just have their ***** judges laugh at them. Imagine
if the judges the Democrats' filibusters prevented from being
appointed had been the ones ruling on Jose Padilla's rights. He'd be
locked up in a hole with zero rights.

My guess is that with the proper friendly incentives, meaning, without
torture, Saddam would be thrilled to spill the beans. This is what
Bush and his gang will attempt to thwart at all costs. I wouldn't be
surprised to find Saddam dead pretty soon. He's a very serious threat
and liability to Bush now. At least, now that the rest of the world
knows that the Kurds caught him, the Republicans aren't touting his
capture so boastfully.

Oh, by the way, the Geneva convention says that Prisoners of war can
only be held until the end of hostilities. The US is currently holding
about 13,000 prisoners in Iraq. And I thought the end of the conflict
was announced by George when he landed on the carrier wearing his
dandy flight suit.

Shutting Up Saddam to Save Bush's *****
Rob Kall

OpEdNews.Com

It was very predictable that the Bush slime administration would do
everything they could to shut Saddam up. Categorizing him as a
prisoner of war allows them to say that he has the right to remain
silent. And that's exactly how they want him. Otherwise, he'd make it
very clear how daddy Bush was his partner, how Rumsfield was his buddy
and how the US was the enabler for so many of the nasty things Saddam
perpetrated, that the Bushies, Limbaugh and his dittohead copycats
like to cite as reasons for the war, after, of course, the other lying
excuses were exposed as fraudulent.

So we have word from the British media that Saddam isn't talking. But,
they add, the papers found with him are helping. Funny. Since the
Kurds captured Saddam, threw him in the hole and delivered him to the
US (which all the world's media, except the zombie-dead US faux media
reported) those papers have to be seen as tainted, as set-ups aimed at
supporting Kurd interests. And while we're at it, let's ask, why
doesn't the administration toot the Saddam horn anymore? And when will
we find out how much of a reward was paid? I'm betting it was way more
that twenty-five million. Hell, it's not Bush's campaign money and it
was a "great investment."

Here's what Reuters reported:

"The Geneva Convention requires that POWs receive humane treatment,
including not being subjected to intimidation or insult and not being
turned into a public curiosity. It requires that POWs be given proper
food and freedom, be free to exercise their religion and receive
monthly pay depending on rank.

Air Force Maj. Michael Shavers, a Pentagon spokesman, said Saddam was
being given all the rights due him under the treaty.

"The bottom line is that Saddam Hussein was the leader of the old
regime's military forces, and therefore he was a member of the
military, and he was captured. That makes him an enemy prisoner of
war," Shavers said.

"It's unusual that you have such a high-ranking enemy prisoner of war.
So I think we just wanted to make sure that we had carefully thought
through all the ramifications," Shavers said."

Now, it's interesting, that Saddam, who basically laid down for the US
military and hardly put up a fight, is called a prisoner of war, while
the Taliban prisoners who fought aggressively, are held in gitmo and
are classified instead as enemy combatants who are eligible for
torture and who have very limited rights. Very handy. If you're going
to get in the habit of routine lying and fraud, little details like
this don't bother you. Anyway, as former Treasury secretary Paul
O'Neill said, Bush was "led like a blind man." So, it's not really the
president I'm calling a liar and fraud. No. He's a simpering, brain
dead idiot, allowing himself to be advised by criminals, thugs,
frauds, liars and corporate sycophants. And Bush is a sycophant
himself. Do I sound disgusted? Well, I am. I am sick and tired of a
lie-machine that echoes throughout the US via lying, distorting,
hypocritical, right wing pundits and talk show propagandists for a
regime that has done more to damage the US, its assets and its future
than any previous president and administration.

Keeping Saddam shut up is going to be very important to the Bush team
of idiots, liars and fat cat corporate whores. Saddam's mouth could be
a regular Pandora's box of bad news to them and their goals for
criminally, fraudulently taking over the US, using any and all means
possible. If they can steal, defraud and rig the 2004 elections, that
will give them time to appoint enough federal and supreme court judges
so they won't have to worry about laws, or constitutional issues
anymore. They'll just have their ***** judges laugh at them. Imagine
if the judges the Democrats' filibusters prevented from being
appointed had been the ones ruling on Jose Padilla's rights. He'd be
locked up in a hole with zero rights.

My guess is that with the proper friendly incentives, meaning, without
torture, Saddam would be thrilled to spill the beans. This is what
Bush and his gang will attempt to thwart at all costs. I wouldn't be
surprised to find Saddam dead pretty soon. He's a very serious threat
and liability to Bush now. At least, now that the rest of the world
knows that the Kurds caught him, the Republicans aren't touting his
capture so boastfully.

Oh, by the way, the Geneva convention says that Prisoners of war can
only be held until the end of hostilities. The US is currently holding
about 13,000 prisoners in Iraq. And I thought the end of the conflict
was announced by George when he landed on the carrier wearing his
dandy flight suit.