Saddam Hussein was a symbol of defiance to the power of the U.S. and
the free world in general. He mocked the first President Bush and the present
one and really thought he could get away with it. The first time he really
did get away with it, and I have a feeling that were it not for the
horror of 9/11, he would have succeeded again/ And to be perfectly frank,
it is too early to be certain that he will not succeed again. Okay, great,
we got the murderous dictator. It has been reported that he has been offered
a deal. Tell where he is hiding the weapons of mass destruction and he
will spend life in prison rather than be executed. Nice try. How come no
one offered him a Nobel Prize for chutzpa? Does anyone honestly expect
that he will be executed? No way.
Let's take a look at Israel. She has in her custody a far greater criminal
than Saddam, yet she is forbidden to assassinate him or even to bring him
to trial and then execute him. Why? Bush has already agreed that he is
personna-non-grata (not to mention a major terrorist murderer). What makes
Arafat so special? It should also be pointed out that he is great friends
with Saddam. He and all of his PLO cohorts are devastated at the news that
Saddam has been captured. Although President Bush appeared very pleased
as he announced the good news, I don't really think that he can honestly
believe that now Iraq will turn into an oasis of democracy. And,
I daresay, I sincerely doubt that Saddam will suffer serious punishment
either. Saddam did not knock off the twin towers, and we still didn't find
the MWD. But, what is more significant, I do not think Saudi Arabia would
be too happy to see a fellow Islamic fanatic dictator demeaned any more
than he already has been. You see, the war against terror does have its
limitations. Arafat is off limits. It will be very interesting to see how
Saddam squirms his way out of this one. And he will.
George Bush has turned a blind eye to the Bible and developed a "vision"
of a two state solution for Israel because Saudi Arabia is blackmailing
him. He is keeping Arafat safe for the same reason. And it is also for
this same reason that Saddam cannot and will not be executed. Were the
President of the United States truly his own man, he would have Saddam
tried and executed and place his own puppet Islamic government over Iraq.
If he doesn't do this then Iraq will simply be taken over by some other
Islamic dictator who is not likely to be friendly to the United States.
Were he sincere in his war against terror, and not under the thumb of Saudi
petro-dollars, not only would he not tie the hands of the Israeli government,
he would encourage Jewish settlement in all of the Land of Israel, especially
Judea, Samaria and Gaza, and he would declare Arafat and the PA or PLO
the terrorists that they are, giving Israel the green light to eliminate
them.
Unfortunately, his war against terror is little more than a facade.
Bush has failed to muster the personal courage to stand up to the evil
by sounding the alarm to Jew and Gentile alike, and to open our eyes to
the G-dly process that is presently underway, and to work to support it.
We dare not stand idly on the sidelines.
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