Sunday, June 22, 2003

Wow, check out today's big story in the NY Times-

"U.S. Bombs Convoy of Fleeing Iraqis

WASHINGTON, June 22 — An American Predator drone aircraft firing Hellfire missiles destroyed a convoy last week that was believed to be carrying fugitive Iraqi leaders, and experts are trying to determine whether those killed might have included Saddam Hussein or his sons, United States government officials said today."

Okay
1)Been there, done that with this story. At this point, unless you got Saddam's head up on a pike, don't be giving me "experts think there might be a chance Saddam was killed."
2)And our intelligence should be trusted on this one because.....
3)If you really do think you have Saddam Hussein, maybe using a jet-controlled flyer do the dirty work isn't such a good idea. Among other things, you don't really know what happens because it's not like there's anyone around to see it. Now, I know Rummy is a genius, but if you really do think you got Hussein in a convoy, don't you think maybe, just maybe, you should like use some troops to get him? That is what soldier's are for, right? That's what they're used for. I mean, if you got soldier's on the ground and you think that there just might be a chance that the leader of the country you have just invaded might be there, then maybe it would be a good idea to send some of those soldier's to get him? Wouldn't that make a much more compelling heroic story than Jessica Lynch's "heroic rescue" or Smirkboy going all Iceman on us? Did the Romans ever have to use DNA to discover whether or not the leader's they defeated were defeated? Is that how they knew they finally got Hannibal? Do you think the inability to actually use real-live soldier's could have something to do with the fact that every bad guy we're after keeps on disappearing? After all, we've all seen Convoy, we know how easy it is to hijack one of them.

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