Saddam Hussein Capture
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What do you think of Saddam Hussein's capture? Point out your views.
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nothing much.
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In the news when they question him, he told them that all this while, Iraq does not have WMD. It lead to lots of questions asked for why US and British wants to attack Iraq?
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It might means that there is alot of unknows about him will be release after questioning eg. the weapeon US claim he have.
He might have looked as an person with serveral evil deeds being done in his rich and powerful life in Iraq but now, he looks like a very weak old man waiting for his death. To me he might have met his worst defeat in his life and i think he should be given a chance to start again and to repay his debt instead of just killing him off with a shot. He is just like an old man who has just lost his family and wealth, seeing him on News make me pity him.
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It has been long speculated that WMD is a buzz word used as an excuse to attack Iraq.
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As we rejoice over this, there is another one at large.........
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who?Originally posted by FireIce:As we rejoice over this, there is another one at large......... -
sgboy2004 relli dunno or act blur................
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i dunno leh...Originally posted by FireIce:sgboy2004 relli dunno or act blur................ -
U mean osama? or who?Originally posted by FireIce:As we rejoice over this, there is another one at large......... -
yah....this one loh.......Originally posted by Hocklez:U mean osama? or who?
still got which one?
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Singaporean Soldier Found Saddam, Says Pentagon
The Pentagon confirmed today that it was Lance Corporal Hock Kian Peng, a full-time National Serviceman from Singapore, who found Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein hiding in a hole in Tikrit.
LCP Hock, part of a Singapore Armed Forces detachment providing support services to US troops in Iraq, had been attached to the First Brigade Team of the 4th Infantry Division as a MRE (Meals Ready to Eat) specialist.
“Na beh,” said LCP Hock lighting up a cigarette while squatting on a chair at Bagram Airbase. “The chao ang mor all arrow me to come because they were damn sian of their hard tack and hojjiber MRE. Then got one of their occifer saw me making Maggi mee in the barracks, and arrow me to come and make for them. Chee bye!”
As with most patrols in Iraq, the troops came under fire at some point. LCP Hock, at that moment about to open a packet of Chu Qian Yi Ding, immediately put his infantry training into operation.
“I immeelly take cover, lor,” he said.
LCP Hock said he scrambled for the nearest dwelling place, an adobe-type mud house. He noticed that there was a hole in the ground, barely obscured by a rug and a piece of styrofoam.
“I thought, ho say leow!” he recounted. “But then, when I try to go inside, nao hiah, got somebody oreddy inside.”
That someone was former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
“Acherly, I din’ch recognize him at first,” LCP Hock confessed somewhat sheepishly. “When I jump in, I immeelly shout at him, siam ah! Lim peh wan’ to take kah-ver here! Then I look closely and… eh!”
“Then he say to me, ’Yes, I am Saddam Hussein.’” Said LCP Hock. “Acherly, I thought he was the mee goreng man from my house hawker centre there, and I was going to ask him what is he doing here in Iraq. But when I heard ‘Saddam Hussein’, I immeelly thought, wah lan eh, tio beh pio ah!”
LCP Hock will be presented with his US$25m reward by Iraqi administrator Paul Bremer later this week.
He has not decided what to do with the money. “Nao hiah, first must pay off the Ah Long,” he smiled. “Maybe after that set up my own KTV launge cum massage parlour in J.B.”
Why Johor Baru?
“Na beh,” said LCP Hock. “Take back to Singapore, Gahmen sure kapo, mah. Otherwise how to pay minister?” -
Saddam holds little of value in the way of military intelligence. His capture however, is significant in the political aspect where he ups George W. Bush's brownie points in the upcoming elections just when he seemed a no-hoper.
Tony Blair is another who can heave a huge sigh of relief.
The shadow of saddam which has stained the nation can now be lifted with the knowledge that he will stand trial for his crimes against humanity.
Apart of that, i think the bombings will continue....just like the talebans -
the stock markets all around the world shrugged off this piece of news and this clearly indicates that saddam's capture was a non-event.
the problems in the middle east are complex and it is unlikely to be solved by apprehending just one person. in fact, the two bombs that went off immediately after the capture suggests:
1) terrorists remain defiant and unhurt by this;
2) there are alternate sources of leadership behind the violence in iraq
there is every indication to suggest that iraq is going to be yet another vietnam for the americans. i just hope singapore can emerge unscathed from this stupid mess created by them. -
yeah, that other one at large is you lor!Originally posted by FireIce:As we rejoice over this, there is another one at large.........
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Stoner is so creative and maybe a bit bored rite? lol... full of imagination...
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No there is a victory for America. In the sense in all your wee minds deep down inside, there is a strengthening reinforcement of the idea that Western Americanness is the best... because they can invade anyone and depose anyone etc etc... America is ideally more popular/feared for deposing Saddam now. So prolly next in line would be.. Korea's Kim? Followed by... i dunno some other non-democratic person who *#*@ s up his country.
However, the above mentioned phenomenon is countered somewhat by China's space programme and the rumour/prophecy that China will be a Great economic power better than the mighty US of A. So I suppose it is pretty much tied? -
Unfortuntely, even if PR China is able to land a Chinese astronaut onto the moon, there remains at least 90 percent of her population still having a living standard similar to poor Singaporeans found in Single Room Rented HDB Flats.
Until PR China can get at least 60 percent of her population to be in the Middle Class - with a monthly family income of SGD8000, and owning homes, with a high standard of education and health - it can hardly match the USA in economic or political influence.
At present, PR China is able to play a balancing role towards the 'superpower adventurism' of USA only by playing the 'political card' - by making herself a responsible World Citizen, and making the USA dependent on China's political support in any political face-off that USA has with the many political adversaries and threats - and with China not as an ally, then at least as a neutral observer.