So now what?
Ah, yes... A media circus, come one come all.
We've captured Saddam Hussein. So now what the hell are we going to do with him?
I suppose that like a Good and Patriotic Daughter of America, I should at least give a fuck. But you know something? I really don't. Maybe it's because of all the stress brought on by finals, and my brain is numb to any shocking news. Maybe it's because you figure after wasting months and billions of US tax dollars, IT'S ABOUT FUCKING TIME, YOU MORON!
So do we actually have Saddam? One posted comment by an Iraqi civilian read, "He is not a coward like the Americans just to give himself up without a fight." Now, I wouldn't go quite so far as to call Americans as a whole cowardly. Just a select few, the sort who seem to enjoy sending thousands of our brethern into pointless combat resulting in pointless deaths and families torn apart by a bloody stupid, pointless war, while they get to remain at home, nice and safe, making incredibly stupid comments for a "politician."
But it really does make you wonder. I'm inclined to agree to the last part of the statement. Would Saddam really be stupid enough to remain so close to the place Americans most expected him to be? Did he honestly think that growing a beard would be a suitable disguise? Why didn't he turn his weapon on himself? Even with something larger than a handgun this is possible.
Anyway, I resign myself to several months of victory celebrations and Saddam's face pasted all over the news. What I canNOT resign myself to is the fact that this more or less ensures Bush's reelection in 2004. In spite of all the stupid mistakes and fucked publicity, we will still have America's favourite, never-elected idiot sitting in the Oval Office for another four years.
I'd rather take my chances in Iraq.
This having been vented, I can focus on my essay.
We've captured Saddam Hussein. So now what the hell are we going to do with him?
I suppose that like a Good and Patriotic Daughter of America, I should at least give a fuck. But you know something? I really don't. Maybe it's because of all the stress brought on by finals, and my brain is numb to any shocking news. Maybe it's because you figure after wasting months and billions of US tax dollars, IT'S ABOUT FUCKING TIME, YOU MORON!
So do we actually have Saddam? One posted comment by an Iraqi civilian read, "He is not a coward like the Americans just to give himself up without a fight." Now, I wouldn't go quite so far as to call Americans as a whole cowardly. Just a select few, the sort who seem to enjoy sending thousands of our brethern into pointless combat resulting in pointless deaths and families torn apart by a bloody stupid, pointless war, while they get to remain at home, nice and safe, making incredibly stupid comments for a "politician."
But it really does make you wonder. I'm inclined to agree to the last part of the statement. Would Saddam really be stupid enough to remain so close to the place Americans most expected him to be? Did he honestly think that growing a beard would be a suitable disguise? Why didn't he turn his weapon on himself? Even with something larger than a handgun this is possible.
Anyway, I resign myself to several months of victory celebrations and Saddam's face pasted all over the news. What I canNOT resign myself to is the fact that this more or less ensures Bush's reelection in 2004. In spite of all the stupid mistakes and fucked publicity, we will still have America's favourite, never-elected idiot sitting in the Oval Office for another four years.
I'd rather take my chances in Iraq.
This having been vented, I can focus on my essay.