Anyone else expecting a 'Jack Ruby' moment?

[displacedtexan]

I know I am. Color me skeptical, but Saddam, captured alive and well, seems ripe for martyrdom if he is killed by a zealot.

I hope I'm wrong.

If this were truly good news for the world, * wouldn't be hiding in the WH, weighing the homefront political ramifications of any statement he will have to make in the coming hours.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. That image has been going through my mind.

Interesting that I am not the only one.

[RebelOne]

5. No, you are not the only one. I've been thinking the same thing.

And I wouldn't be surprised if it happened.

[morgan2]

2. Ahmad "George Washington" Chalabi

is going to do his final heroic act and kill the tyrant.

[Chovexani]

3. It's only a matter of time

The slick ol' bastard knows way too much about the Bush Crime Family. Dead men tell no tales.

[Padraig18]

4. Oddly enough...

.... that was the first thought that went through my mind when I heard the news.

[maddezmom]

6. my husband and I were just talking about that very thing

who is in charge of his security? hmmm

[GOPEC]

7. Thought of it, too...

The circumstances of his capture (surrender without a fight) diminish the potential for martyrdom, but a trial could be embarrassing for those countries that had formerly supported the regime.

[dpibel]

8. Well, now

Ol' Zell Miller was a talkin' ta some poncy Brit over ta the BBC, and one a the thangs he said was:

That there Suh-damn was tew muchuva coward ta kill hisself.

Sounds like setting the stage to me.

[Junkdrawer]

9. Beat ya to it...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=902795&mesg_id=903067&page=

But I wouldn't expect it for a while...maybe before that actual start of a trial...and I'll bet the trial will be scheduled after Nov. 2004.

[JNelson6563]

10. actually the word isn't "skeptical"

it's "cynical". ;-) I share your cynicism. There's no way they're gonna let this guy sing any songs, that's for sure.

Julie

[Festivito]

11. No, SH only important to IRAQ and Bush ADMIN not world.

JFK was important to the world. SH Saddam Husein will be kept quiet and is only important to Iraq, Iraq that had nothing to do with 9/11 and further world threat with WMD. The capture of Saddam is important for Bush's war troops stuck by Bush into Iraq.