I Really Am Suprised So Many DUers Are Cheering Today's News

[THUNDER HANDS]

There really do seem to be a lot of us here who are genuinely happy that Saddam is captured.

This suprises me.

I'm not happy they captured him. That's not to say that I'm sad. I just think today's news doesn't stir any emotion in me at all.

Saddam was never a threat to me. He never did anything to me personally. I doubt he ever did anything to you.

In fact, Saddam, over the course of his life and rule of Iraq, probably did more to help America than any other world leader.

Without him as a boogieman, how could we justify spending all the money we do on weapons. Without him, how could we justify keeping a whole bunch of military bases open that kept soldiers in the military and keep food on their families' table.

Without him, H.W. Bush wouldn't have ignored the economy at home in 1991 which led to the election of Bill Clinton - who gave this country 8 years of peace and prosperity - all while virtually ignoring Saddam.

And...With Saddam at the helm of Iraq he helped stave off the inevitable rise of muslim fundamentalism in that country - which probably did a lot to curb the growth of Al Queda in the late 90's and early part of this century.

Not to mention the fact that Saddam gave everyone a blueprint for how to run Iraq.

Guess what, democracy isn't going to work there, no matter how hard we try. You need brutal dictators. It'd be the same thing here if America was a country divided into Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, ect hardliners - eventually one religious hardline nut would win out and rule the country with an iron fist.

That's what Saddam did. And eventually, that'll be whatever the guy who the U.S. places in charge there will do.

The Iraqi's will never see democracy. Which is why I don't cheer the fall of Saddam. This was just one big mess from the beginning. Based on a lie. Sold through propoganda. And carried out on a public that has already been brutalized.

There is no good news on this day. I find nothing to cheer about. And I won't...until maybe the first week in November.