Video: Bush praises Saddam verdict
posted at 3:23 pm on November 5, 2006 by Allahpundit
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Davids Medienkritik predicted this morning that the Euroleft would immediately start whining about the sentence.
Admittedly, not the most daring prediction. But right is right.
Meanwhile, as Time mag moves quickly to stamp out any flames of happiness or satisfaction, Saddam calls for calm:
Celebratory gunfire echoed across Baghdad while fighting broke out in the north of the city.
Saddam’s lawyer said the former president urged Iraqis “not to take revenge” on the US coalition and to “unify in the face of sectarian strike” [sic].
Sporadic violence has been reported in other parts of the country.
The president looks old.
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Older, I guess, how does he look especially old?
He’s speaking with passion, clearheadedness, and animation. Unlike Reagan, he doesn’t dye his hair.
He’s top 1% of fitness for men his age.
Christoph on November 5, 2006 at 3:26 PM
But the A-pundit is right – he LOOKS old – Craggy, grey and wrinkled.
Tough, TOUGH job – especially since 9-11 and the ongoing culture war in America.
Lord – what we do to our leaders? “Sigh”….
Dr. Gecko on November 5, 2006 at 3:32 PM
Why do all presidents look like they age about 40 years in their 8 years in office?
lorien1973 on November 5, 2006 at 3:35 PM
He looks to me like a man of about 60 — in above average shape.
I dunno. Maybe I’m biased because usually I’m a baldy, but I’m now growing my (diminished quantity of hair) and a beard and I see more than a few white hairs… and I’m in my mid 30s!
So yep, definitely biased. lol
Christoph on November 5, 2006 at 3:43 PM
So the EU condemned Saddam’s tyrannical regime (at least in spirit), but opposes delivering any consequences to the tyrant responsible. How predictable. I’m sure they’re still smarting over the loss of the lucrative “oil-for-food” scheme they’re buddy Saddam was so complicit in.
thedecider on November 5, 2006 at 3:50 PM
And, no news here – the Vatican is against the death penalty and, as such, against Saddam’s hanging.
Entelechy on November 5, 2006 at 3:50 PM
I think he looks older. I mean I felt the same way about Clinton, that after a first full term in the White House, the job can really age a person.
I wouldn’t say he looks bad, but it does seem that he’s aged faster than he would have otherwise.
Esthier on November 5, 2006 at 3:50 PM
Bollocks. ;-) You say that like it’s a pejorative term. I prefer the term, wise, or grizzled. Even hoary is preferable to “old.”
Because command is the toughest job of all. And he has the biggest command on the planet.
EFG on November 5, 2006 at 3:53 PM
You’re probably right, Esthier. I think it’s a stressful job. But then, when they get out, like Clinton or Bush Sr., they seem to age at a normal rate again.
It reminds me of the ring bearer (Gollum, Bilbo, then Frodo) in The Lord of the Rings in reverse.
Well, in two years George W. Bush gets to put down his burden.
Christoph on November 5, 2006 at 3:54 PM
The Vatican never faced a dictator (as in sinner) they wouldn’t forgive …
Niko on November 5, 2006 at 4:13 PM
And GWB is still in much better shape than supposedly youthful Bill Clinton, who had his first heart attack/surgery at – when? At the age of 52?
Niko on November 5, 2006 at 4:15 PM
When the verdict was announced, did the Iraq collapse in anarchy and chaos? The MSM and old media so wanted all hell to erupt to again reflect on our “failed” mission in Iraq. “Sporadic violence” is all I can find in the reports. Guess the MSM is wrong again. That is why I feel good about Tuesday. If the MSM is predicting a Donk victory, then the GOP is in power for another two years.
Mallard T. Drake on November 5, 2006 at 4:19 PM
I think it’s partly that he needs a haircut. The long hair emphasizes the grey. Still a looker, though. Ha.
marykatharine on November 5, 2006 at 4:28 PM
Sweet, Mary Katharine. It’s good to see you have good taste.
Christoph on November 5, 2006 at 4:31 PM
I think our President is probably just overextending himself with stumping and public appearances prior to the elections. His hair looks a little grayer (or whiter) than usual, but otherwise he looks fit, healthy, upbeat, and fantastic for a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders, every day.
eucher on November 5, 2006 at 4:34 PM
Can you just imagine the stress he is under?
Any lesser of a man would crumbel (sp).
kara26 on November 5, 2006 at 4:39 PM
Yeah, they’re funny like that.
Pablo on November 5, 2006 at 4:44 PM
It’s the hair. With all this campaigning he’s been doing, it’s been too long between haircuts.
He’s… looking… “bushy”.
*groan*
CliffHanger on November 5, 2006 at 5:02 PM
Yeah the Boss needs a haircut. Can’t imagine what he has gone thru since 00.
As far as Saddam’s verdict……should have sentenced him to an Israeli jail for the rest of his life and web-cast the whole damn thing until he chokes on a bagel.
Limerick on November 5, 2006 at 5:13 PM
MK, if George sees your latest video, you may get a call from him asking you to tell him which way to vote ;) And Laura will head-slap him when she gets home :))
Mike O on November 5, 2006 at 5:22 PM
Because they have to wake up every single morning and get a briefing on the national security situation in the world and figure out how to deal with it.
I could never be President. And ANYBODY that makes it to that Office has my respect, and my thanks.
techno_barbarian on November 5, 2006 at 5:34 PM
Damn! I really want to respond to this with an off-color joke but I might incur the wrath of the Moderator God so I’ll play it safe… for now.
CliffHanger on November 5, 2006 at 5:38 PM
Because I’m a christian and believe in redemption, I’m against the death penalty. However I can see how it would be better if Saddam wasn’t even an option as a leader for some of those people.
Even so, it seems like the easy way out for someone that slaughtered so many people. Rotting in a cell until his dying day seems a much more fitting end.
Benaiah on November 5, 2006 at 5:52 PM
I think it’s partly that he needs a haircut. The long hair emphasizes the grey.
marykatharine on November 5, 2006 at 4:28 PM
I agree. George, GET A HAIRCUT, YOU HIPPIE!!!
EFG on November 5, 2006 at 6:05 PM
The long hair is on purpose. He’s distancing himself from his previous look before the vote. And it’s working… his approval ratings are rising.
Karl Rove, you MAGNIFICENT bastard! There is your conspiracy, leftists! It is there for you to see.
He is mocking you. Yes, Bush mocks you with his hippie-like hair and his beady eyes. You must respect his authority!
Christoph on November 5, 2006 at 6:12 PM
Because they literally have to hold the world on their shoulders during their terms in office. I can’t imagine the stress that comes with that position.
dynospectrum on November 5, 2006 at 6:13 PM
Personally I couldn’t see any other realistic outcome for the trial. If the guy responsible for the torture, rape, and slaughter of hundreds of thousands doesn’t deserve the death penalty, who does? Obviously people who are against the death penalty will answer that question differently, and I can respect that, but I’m a real Old Testament guy when it comes to giving the ultimate punishment for ultimate crimes. Give him life in prison, and he’ll live with the hope of being freed and getting back into power until the day he dies. Execute him, and like the man said, you take away all he has and all he’s ever gonna have. And Iraq will never truly be able to move on until he’s gone–he’ll be the elephant in the room. The Sunnis would never give up on freeing him and bringing him back to power, and the Shia and Kurds would live in dread of the same thing. With Uday and Qusay already dead, the dynasty dies with him.
ReubenJCogburn on November 5, 2006 at 6:29 PM
Actually, that wouldn’t be a way out whatsoever. If Saddam lived, both his victims of past and present would fear his return, and his followers had every incentive to fight for it.
Don’t forget that this man probably has vast amounts of money left in Swiss bank accounts, and that his so-called “lawyers” would more than willingly pass on information to his paramilitary forces in the Sunni regions.
After all, detaining mob leaders in Italy and Latin America didn’t exactly stop their rule, did it?
Niko on November 5, 2006 at 6:31 PM
I’m a Christian and I’m for the death penalty, especially in a case like this. There are people who do such horrific deeds that the only thing to do is remove them from this Earth. As a Christian, what I won’t do is presume to know what will happen to Saddam, al-Zarqawi, etc., when they meet their maker. Eternal judgment is left to God alone.
eucher on November 5, 2006 at 6:45 PM
For those of you who haven’t seen it…
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L05213396.htm
jematlock on November 5, 2006 at 6:59 PM
Is that the same EU who has no problem with trade dealings with China, a country somewhere to the East where 5.000 to 10.000 people are executed each year?
The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of a thousand is a statistic …
Niko on November 5, 2006 at 7:04 PM
I think we’d all look old if we had to wake up every morning to find out who’s the latest to compare us to Hitler. To wake every morning knowing you have half of your countrymen either deaf, dumb, and blind to the Islamo-fascism that threatens or blindly rabid in their pursuit to regain political power at all costs. I know I would’ve long ago snapped and said the hell with it……of course as I was leaving I would’ve told the libs exactly what I think of them and where they can kiss it…….
Being a Christian, this in regards to the death penalty, doesn’t mean you sign a suicide pact with reality. Yes, there is turn the other cheek, redemption, forgiveness and the like, but I refuse to believe that God would frown on us for sending him the garbage of this world to do with what he will. Someone attacking me or my family does not require me to turn the other cheek. I can forgive in time someone who killed my son, while at the same time supporting the punisment of death for that act of evil. Even the bible acknowledges render un to Caesar, so I believe that God has given us the mind to reason for a reason while we inhabit his Earth. Forgiveness and punishment are not at odds with one another. I can forgive while still punishing wrong deeds…….
ritethinker on November 5, 2006 at 7:13 PM
He just needs a haircut, which, unfortunately, was the first thing I noticed. He also is probably tired from campaigning so much. His speech was very good, straight to the point and he praised our troops, as usual. God bless him and our troops, without whom this “victory” would not be possible.
Neocon Peg on November 5, 2006 at 7:37 PM
eucher
I agree with you. I am also a Christian. The New Testament tells Christians they are to abide by the laws of the land. If the law of the land says the penalty for murder is death, how could one, in good conscious, not abide in the law. Render unto Caeser what is Caeser’s and…. well, you know that verse.
Neocon Peg on November 5, 2006 at 7:59 PM
I got some rope out back I ain’t usin’………..
seejanemom on November 5, 2006 at 8:32 PM
seejanemom
Bring it on!
Neocon Peg on November 5, 2006 at 8:39 PM
I was hoping they’d let Cheney take Saddam on a little hunting trip… only this time the turkey would be a known target, not some klutz lawyer sticking his head up in a free fire zone.
But this is good noose, in any case.
As the spaghetti Western put it: HANG ‘EM HIGH!
profitsbeard on November 5, 2006 at 10:18 PM
Ah but aren’t you taking that judgment into your own hands when you kill someone you can be 99.9% sure isn’t a christian? As a christian you should know what’s going to happen to them if they die unsaved.
Benaiah on November 5, 2006 at 10:39 PM
No make-up, and he needs a hair cut. Such is life, and I hope I look as good as our POTUS when I reach that age. ;o)
DannoJyd on November 5, 2006 at 11:52 PM
I think Bush looks darn good!
(Wish he’d leave Laura and be my baby…*sigh*)
Yes, he’s older and grayer, but as we all have said, he’s been President during some of the most trying times this country’s ever seen, he really doesn’t take a vacation and he takes the business of being the leader of the Free World and this wonderful country very seriously!
I love him!
VIVA BUSH!
Jen the Neocon on November 6, 2006 at 12:42 AM
Benaiah,
Wishing for the salvation of all, even the most eggregious and brutal dictator, is proper and Biblical. But that doesn’t supplant execution as a proper penalty for the murderous barbarism Saddam dealt to Iraq for nearly four decades. He has earned this punishment.
There are sins which are rightly “unto death”. The person makes that choice, and if it carries with it eternal punishment as well, that doesn’t make it less appropriate. As I know you’d agree, we each deserve that punishment, short of the saving grace of Christ through His substitutionary sacrifice, the shedding of His blood paying our debt.
Saddam isn’t going to hang tomorrow, he gets an automatic appeal. You can always pray for a miracle that he has an epiphany before then. I confess that my prayer list for salvations will never be short enough for me to find room for Saddam Hussein on it. Far too many people I care more about.
Freelancer on November 6, 2006 at 1:37 AM
Yeah, you can add me to this list as well, especially with this case. Who can promise Saddam would never be freed? It’s not as though he has none who are loyal to him. I’m wouldn’t be surprised if they wouldn’t break him out at some point.
Besides, the ultimate humiliation has got to be a public hanging. And the whole reason he gave for killing all those people (the ones for which he’s going to be hung) was an attempted assassination. It’s a little ironic but fitting.
And last, as a Christian, I can’t ignore the fact that God Himself called on the Israelites to engage in capital punishment. God is God and has not changed. So I cannot believe that God now believes the death penalty is unjust.
Esthier on November 6, 2006 at 10:45 AM
Exactly. And come on, Bush hasn’t even had sexual harrassment as a way to relieve stress. Though let’s face it, I’m sure Laura is much warmer to come home to after a long day at the office.
Esthier on November 6, 2006 at 10:49 AM
Saddam has a little longer to live unless he slips and hits his head in some lethal manner before then.
On President aging, look at all of the two term President’s before and after pictures and you’ll see Bush 43 is like the rest. I was hoping he would be the exception but I guess not. It is a grueling job. I can’t see why anyone would want to be President. Lord I hope Hillary never gets there and definitely not a two-termer. We’d all turn to stone.
As was said, 9-11 can’t be swept under the rug. I mean someone has to respond and keep up the response plus run the homeland too. Its also tough when the other party is bashing the hell out of you day and night and wants us to lose just so they can say the Republicans screwed up. We’re not only fighting the enemy, we’re fighting ourselves too. Thats gotta stop so we can get out troops home sooner.
johnnyU on November 6, 2006 at 10:59 AM
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