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Who cares about what Rush, MSNBC, Tom Brokaw, Sean Hannity, Katie Couric, et al. have to say?

check out the Arab media reaction to Saddam's arrest at the Middle East Media Research Institute here http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD62803 to read the relevant opinions.

Of course, al-jizzbag has to weigh in. It's rather desperate.

 

[CRUM]

An interesting and enlightening collection of responses. Thank you.

Particularily interesting was the one op-ed that bemoaned the fact that it was not Iraqi forces who caught him. It went on to say that the humilation of having the "invaders" take credit may indeed have a polarizing effect on the Arab world and deepen the already huge rift between Muslims and the West.

If for no other reason, he should stay in Iraq and be judged and punished in Iraq.

 

[llkoolkeg]

A very interesting link. Always good to view a given situation from as many vantage points as possible. Particulary interesting was that the most vehemently anti-American reaction came from the Jordanian press, supposedly our biggest friend in the arab world. Curious how the arab nations that are publicly the most supportive keep turning out to be quietly abiding and funding our enemies, e.g. the Saudis, the Packistanis, etc. Not that you can necessarily hold a nation responsible for the actions of certain elements of its citizenry, but this public support/private abetting paradoxical trend is indeed troubling.

 

[CRUM]

Originally posted by llkoolkeg
Not that you can necessarily hold a nation responsible for the actions of certain elements of its citizenry, but this public support/private abetting paradoxical trend is indeed troubling.

I think you can and more importantly, Must hold a nation responsible for the actions of their citizens. In order for the negative activity to cease, active involement in the solution must be required of the nations harboring the hell raisers or financial backers.

What troubles me more is our tendency to shoot around the country's that seem to be the hotbeds of fanaticism and allow them some slack. E.G. Saudia Arabia, Iran, Syria, to name a few. Some serious muscle flexing with them would make my day.

 

[golgiaparatus]

The Saudi Press

"… In all seriousness, I feel a powerful desire to now pen a long, warm eulogy for Saddam's two sons Uday and Qusay, who joined many of the victims of their father, the false 'Knight of Knights,' who succeeded in deceiving them as well. Because they thought… that their father would not surrender to the Americans, whatever the cost, and that it would be shameful and humiliating if they did so, they resisted the Americans, to their deaths…

We all saw the pictures… Saddam was miserable, and I, as an Arab, felt humiliation. But my other feelings against Saddam were stronger. He was a paper knight."

[Translation=What a pus sy]

 

[$tinkle]

Originally posted by CRUM
I think you can and more importantly, Must hold a nation responsible for the actions of their citizens. In order for the negative activity to cease, active involement in the solution must be required of the nations harboring the hell raisers or financial backers.

A very good point! You may have heard of the many tales of the Allied forces freeing the interns of the concentration camps, then dragging the local citizens to view them, so they may have the image burned into their minds. The purpose? so that these kinds of atrocities may never be again tolerated & permitted to happen under their collective nose!. By no means do i mean to imply the avg guy from the arab street be held responsible, but rather the ugliness & brutality is given its due.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Very interesting read indeed. Thanks for the link.

It's interesting how many of those quotes show disappointment that Saddam did not kill himself instead of allowing himself to be captured.