A tribute to Saddam

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A tribute to Saddam

Post by Best First » Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:34 pm

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/dav ... ibute.html

i'm finding it hard to argue with any of these points...
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Post by The Last Autobot » Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:06 pm

They should hang Bush with him (father and son actually).
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Post by Professor Smooth » Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:08 pm

If there's any justice in the world, Bush will eventually go on trial for war crimes. Fortunately for that diabolical man, there is not.
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:29 pm

Saddam had tied down revolutionary Iran, the most potentially destructive force in the region, in an eight-year war, at the expense of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi casualties. Any Islamic terrorists found on Iraqi territory were summarily executed.
We should be more like Saddam when it comes to Iran.
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Post by BB Shockwave » Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:39 pm

Heck, if he would have any sense in him, he would have committed suicide like Hitler or MIloshevich did to avoid embarasement for him and his country.

No surprises here about the death sentence... victors write history. If say, Saddam would have won, we'd be hearing about the trials of Bush and Blair now... it's not like they are better 'cause they were elected democratically.
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Post by sprunkner » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:44 pm

Saddam believed that such a nation could be held together only by brutally effective repression. Current events suggest that he may have had a point.
Disturbingly true...
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Re: A tribute to Saddam

Post by Scraplet » Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:56 pm

Best First wrote: i'm finding it hard to argue with any of these points...
Cuts right through the bull****, doesn't it? Good read -cheers for that one, Besty.
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:01 am

The lesser of two evils etc...

We should follow Saddams ideals, Invade Iraq, kill loads of civilians and try to stablise the country through guns and ****.

Oh, then we can invade Iran.

Im sticking with my orginal plan, we should have let Iran Nuke Iraq, then we could have nuked them for being bad boys, and drilled all thier oil reserves in wearing rad suits.
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Post by BB Shockwave » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:09 am

Letting millions of innocent people die in the process? :eek: How surprisingly Decepticon of you, Impy... ;)
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:11 am

Yes, but im an evil bastard like Saddam and I hate high fuel bills.
My Lamborghini needs to drink.
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Post by BB Shockwave » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:14 am

Lambroghini? Do you call it Sideswipe or Sunstreaker? (Or Breakdown... or Free Wheeler? :) )

Back on topic, Saddam was a necessary evil - just like Fidel is in Kuba. Take him out of the picture and only worse comes... the presidents since Saddam weren't competent enough and most of them were either puppets or corrupt money-grabbers... or both.
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:22 am

Deff a sideswipe - never liked those suntreaker upgrade air intakes on the rear engine bay.

A necessary evil.... hmm thats an interesting mind bender, why does it always go wrong?

we do get to invade Iran tho! - and my Lambo can drink!
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Post by BB Shockwave » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:59 pm

After Iran... Canada? They have oil too..

Or come here next to Hungary, to Romania... they have gold AND oil. Plus Dracula lives there too... :D (no really, they're building a Dracula theme park near Segesvar (which was a city founded by germans and hungarians and Vlad Tepes - the original Dracula - never even lived near it... but the town is gothic enough to suit for this purpose)
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:36 pm

Iran has the largest gas reserves... im sure europe need that.
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Post by Best First » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:43 pm

i suspect gas reserves and warheads are a bad combo.

we have royally screwed the pooch on this one.
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Post by Yaya » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:36 pm

A quote from a U.S. soldier in Iraq:
" I think this country will not see peace unless it is under some sort of dictator," says Lt. Parker, who is in the final stages of a recently extended 16-month deployment.

Hmmmm....

Some sort of dictator....hmmm...now where could they find one of those?
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:19 pm

hes like, so ironic!
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Post by Best First » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:53 pm

Yaya wrote:A quote from a U.S. soldier in Iraq:
" I think this country will not see peace unless it is under some sort of dictator," says Lt. Parker, who is in the final stages of a recently extended 16-month deployment.

Hmmmm....

Some sort of dictator....hmmm...now where could they find one of those?
in a SWs movie?
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Post by Predabot » Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:56 am

Best First wrote:
Yaya wrote:A quote from a U.S. soldier in Iraq:
" I think this country will not see peace unless it is under some sort of dictator," says Lt. Parker, who is in the final stages of a recently extended 16-month deployment.

Hmmmm....

Some sort of dictator....hmmm...now where could they find one of those?
in a SWs movie?
No, no. There we'd only find someone wise. :oops:

ALSO: I'm surprised no-one's said it yet, because it's so so true...

PEACE TROUGH TYRANNY!!!
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Post by BB Shockwave » Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:52 am

Yeah, you beat me to it... :D

Sad, and not really ethic, but it works. I mean, we had 'peace' for roughly 40 years in Hungary while the Soviet armies were everywhere in the country and you could only vote for one party - the communist party.

Sad thing is, most of the older folk who lived through these times are fed up with multiple parties and free elections and yearn for those 'simpler' times :roll:
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Post by Aaron Hong » Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:32 pm

Predabot wrote:
Best First wrote:
Yaya wrote:A quote from a U.S. soldier in Iraq:
" I think this country will not see peace unless it is under some sort of dictator," says Lt. Parker, who is in the final stages of a recently extended 16-month deployment.

Hmmmm....

Some sort of dictator....hmmm...now where could they find one of those?
in a SWs movie?
No, no. There we'd only find someone wise. :oops:

ALSO: I'm surprised no-one's said it yet, because it's so so true...

PEACE TROUGH TYRANNY!!!
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Soneone want to post that President Optimus pic?
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Post by The Last Autobot » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:32 pm

Aaron Hong wrote:
Predabot wrote:
Best First wrote: in a SWs movie?
No, no. There we'd only find someone wise. :oops:

ALSO: I'm surprised no-one's said it yet, because it's so so true...

PEACE TROUGH TYRANNY!!!
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Soneone want to post that President Optimus pic?
Happy to help:

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Post by Predabot » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:23 pm

The Last Autobot wrote:
Aaron Hong wrote:
Predabot wrote: No, no. There we'd only find someone wise. :oops:

ALSO: I'm surprised no-one's said it yet, because it's so so true...

PEACE TROUGH TYRANNY!!!
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Soneone want to post that President Optimus pic?
Happy to help:
Or something like this perhaps? :o
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Post by Guest » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:42 pm

Predabot wrote:
The Last Autobot wrote:
Aaron Hong wrote:Soneone want to post that President Optimus pic?
Happy to help:
Or something like this perhaps? :o
Uh... no.

Parodies of Field Marshall Kitchener inciting the British to take up arms against the Second Reich have less to do with the subject than parodies of a newly-elected Bush promising to root out terrorism.

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