Courtesy of mrph

[ephraimjohn]

I read this and couldn't stop giggling. I couldn't help but pass it on to those of you that haven't seen it.

The Saddam and George show

Comments

[probablyscotty.livejournal.com]

Bush and Saddam in a one on one duel?

*Ahem* You miss the American invention of the term "friendly fire"? Saddam wouldn't even need to get out of bed.

[captainweasel.livejournal.com]

hmmm... it would be rather amusing to see Bush accidentally stab himself in the face live on CNN...

though to be cynical, 'friendly fire' is usually when the Americans accidentally kill British/Canadian/other troops on the ground - it's one of the troubles of the whole culture of 'live/ up to the minute' coverage that War ceases to be a Distant Clash of Thunder and becomes ruptured intestines bleeding in your living room, so you can't have good old american troops dying - have to get someone else to take the casualties while you stand off with Cruise missiles / Stealth bombers / VerySmall (tm) Nukes etc...

One of the things that worries me about the coming war is that they'll likely be a LOT of urban fighting, with unclear boarders, unfriendly locals and (possibly) mixed forces... which is a recipe for disaster - they'll either take loads of casualties or have to bomb the place flat...

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[probablyscotty.livejournal.com]

And they'll bomb the place flat and recoup expenditure from the oil that they're not interested in and are going to use any money from to rebuild Iraq, honest guv'nor.

It's unpopular enough already without taking casualties on the ground, so it'll be a repeat of before, with no mention of numbers of enemy casualties, cos that would upset folks back home.

Lots of big bombs and minimal ground troop involvement, unless and atrocity happens that riles the public enough to support all out war.

[captainweasel.livejournal.com]

I think they'll make a lot more of their 'Surgical' strikes and 'Smart' bombs to try and downplay the fact they're blowing up loads of people...
I just hope they're not dumb enough to use the 'mini-nukes' they're talking about making for 'bunker busting' or destroying 'weapons of mass destruction'

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

I seem to rememeber a certain Mr Bush saying after 11/9 that Osama Bin Laden was their number one priority, that he wouldn't rest until the man had been caught/killed/squished whatever. Amazing how, over a year on, old Bin Hidin' is no longer even on the political agenda. Strange how a war detracts from other less successful enterprises...

[captainweasel.livejournal.com]

didn't Bin laden have kidney failure or something? By now he's either dead in cave somewhere or hiding in a private hospital somewhere as "Mr Smith"...
He is a CIA trained multi millionaire, after all.
11/9 hurt America really badly and they're looking to lash out and hurt someone in revenge - they never caught Bin Laden, so they have no sense of closure from blowing up Afganistan and can easily transfer that anger onto Iraq.
I'm just worried that Bush 'll introduce a "National Hate" day on 11/9 where people scream in anger, rage and frustration and images of Bin Laden...
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

The hatred against people who even look like Muslims has already started. I found a friend of mine in the USA saying the other day that she'd seen a group of Muslim women in her store and wished that they'd 'just go home' and 'what use are they to anyone' because 'they don't contribute anything at all.'.

I told her she scared me and to please not speak like that again, at least not to me. Not every Muslim is a terrorist, as indeed not every white person is a Christian kind of thing. I had enough racism growing up, I didn't need to hear it from the mouth of a friend.

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember a certain Mr Bush saying after 11/9 that Osama Bin Laden was their number one priority, that he wouldn't rest until the man had been caught/killed/squished whatever. Amazing how, over a year on, old Bin Hidin' is no longer even on the political agenda. Strange how a war detracts from other less successful enterprises...

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

Oops. Double post. Sorry!

*blush*