Beerina
Sarcastic Conqueror of Notions
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I seem to recall Saddam saying on September 12 that he had nothing to do with it. He even offered condolences.
I don't know how sincere the condolences were, but I'm confident the SOB was sorry enough -- probably soiling his pants with fear, in fact. If ever there was a moment for the Shrub to attack, it was then.
He offered condolences for the same reason Yasser Arafat made a big photo op of giving blood for the 9/11 victims -- even before they knew there weren't many survivors -- even as CNN was showing individual Palestinians jumping for joy.
As people skilled in manipulating the sentiments of the buffoon masses, they knew that the days of rhetoric were over, and the US was gonna go-a-stompin' some poor nation(s), come hell or high water. Yasser also knew the only reason the Palestinians even existed anymore was because of the US holding back Israel. If the US population saw the Palestinians, who continue to exist at the sufferance of the US, jumping for joy at their pain, he knew they could be up s***'s creek.