Saddam Hussein to receive death penalty

Originally Posted by Toreus

I'm really worried about potential backlash against American troops in Iraq. We've had quite enough casualties already as of late.

true, same here. But what would it show the world if we were to 'weak' to do what needs to be done? (actually the Iraqis tried him, not us anyway, but...)
it would show a lot of things...none the least of which is that anyone can do that kind of stuff, and have no repercussions from it

Jam it back in, in the dark.

troop withdrawal, even phased withdrawal won't work in the present situation, and everyone knows it. We learned it from vietnam

There's nowhere I can't reach.