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Sunday, December 14, 2003
Saddam Captured!
Well I'll be! Who would have thought this was possible. We've been chasing Osama around and never seem to be close I just figured Saddam would be the same. We'd be in Iraq 2 years later and still saying we're looking for him. To catch Saddam like this is just to say the least, surprising.
Hopefully this capture will give the people of Iraq some peace of mind to stop worrying about how they act for fear of Saddam coming back and punishing them. Everyone can now think about the future of a free Iraq and start working towards that goal.
This won't stop the almost daily attacks in the country and if anything will probably mean more attacks for the time being. You'll have Saddam supporters trying to do revenge attacks for the capture so I'd expect to see many, many more bombings. Not to mention with the rumors the Al Quida ramping up operations in Iraq you have to wonder what will happen. Will they back off now that there's no chance of chasing off America and getting Saddam put back into power? Will they ramp up even harder now to retaliate? With the capture of Saddam might they activate sleep cells in America and start doing suicide bombings in our streets and homes? It's hard to know and that's the scary part.
Politically this is pretty good for President Bush. The fact that the administration doesn't have to keep fending off questions why we don't have Saddam will do good for popularity and the '04 election. Of course getting Saddam to talk and tell us once for all if there are WMDs and where they are will be the big clincher. The anti-war groups have been saying "where are the WMDs?" since the beginning. If Saddam himself admits he had weapons of mass destruction the President and his administration get the proof they needed to start the war.
With whatever happens, at least for today we can celebrate that one of the two bad guys we've been after is in custody and will get his just deserts.
It’s great that Saddam is captured. But, Bush still needs to bring the economy up to ensure reelection.