I know I am just a simple eskimo that doesnt understand the ways of the world but…
How come if all this war is to do is get Sadam out of power and “decapitate” him (if I hear that word again… god help me) how come the americans didnt just send a sniper or special ops team in and assasinate him. I know, I am making it sound a lot more simplistic than it really is but when you break it down…
Then when he is dead and gone the americans coud go in and “liberate” the country.
*Originally posted by SureShot *
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How come if all this war is to do is get Sadam out of power and “decapitate” him (if I hear that word again… god help me) **
capita means head… de means no… it could mean to cut off his head, but I think it’s used to mean stop him from being the head of iraq…
capita is also used to mean government… capital… captain (derived from capita), etc…
I am just sick of hearing it all over the news and on CNN - heck it was the head line at cnn.com - the biggest headline I had ever seen there.
So do you guys agree with me or diasgree - I thought someone would be able to tell me why it’s not that simple. It would save millions of dollars and thousands of lives ultimatly.
It’s not that simple because
2) The US has no way of identifying Saddam. He has body doubles, and we don’t have his DNA.
it’s not just Saddam Hussein we need to get rid of… it’s also his family, his friends, his congress, his party…
If Saddam had left, the US would have STILL gone in. Why? because they don’t want Iraq to break into factions. You have the Kurds, the Sunnis that like Saddam, the Sunni’s that hate Saddam, etc.
But I would say the biggest reason for an invasion instead of an assasination is that they don’t want anyone to pick up where Saddam left off…
also, do you notice that all the guards that surround him look exactly like him, with the mustache and all? it’s gonna be hard taking him down. also, the “decapitation” strike, i think, was merely meant to take down his communications, thus rendering him blind and deaf. that was the US’s first step to making saddam ultimately drop out of power. it seems like saddam’s not gonna step down without a fight, though.