Awaiting the Verdict
(Bumped and updated)
The world is waiting for the verdict to be handed down in the trial of Saddam Hussein. Baghdad is on alert, as a surge in violence is expected in what will almost certainly be a guilty verdict. But not to worry, the Bush administration is prepared. Not for the violence mind you, but the PR blitz. They have their talking points ready to be Xeroxed, distributed and repeated ad infinitum as part of Karl's 72 hour dash for the finish line. I sorely wish the Democrats had taken some stellar advice and deflated this balloon before the Repubs have a chance to cast it aloft. Because while justice may be served today for all the victims of Saddam's tyranny, if the GOP were to use this event for their own derisive purposes (say by casting the Democrats as opposing justice for the Iraqi people) would be appalling.
Of course the mainstream is decidedly missing in action, laughing off suggestions that the Bush administration had a hand in the timing of this. Yes, because everyone knows this administration would never do something as cynical as try to use the war in Iraq to their political benefit...
Update: The Gallows Beckon. As was expected, Saddam was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. I can almost hear the hum of the Xeroxes now...
Check out reactions from Josh, Jill, Maha, and Georgia10.
Update II: More from Riverbend, Peter Baker, Christy, and a nice bit of snark from Billmon.
The world is waiting for the verdict to be handed down in the trial of Saddam Hussein. Baghdad is on alert, as a surge in violence is expected in what will almost certainly be a guilty verdict. But not to worry, the Bush administration is prepared. Not for the violence mind you, but the PR blitz. They have their talking points ready to be Xeroxed, distributed and repeated ad infinitum as part of Karl's 72 hour dash for the finish line. I sorely wish the Democrats had taken some stellar advice and deflated this balloon before the Repubs have a chance to cast it aloft. Because while justice may be served today for all the victims of Saddam's tyranny, if the GOP were to use this event for their own derisive purposes (say by casting the Democrats as opposing justice for the Iraqi people) would be appalling.
Of course the mainstream is decidedly missing in action, laughing off suggestions that the Bush administration had a hand in the timing of this. Yes, because everyone knows this administration would never do something as cynical as try to use the war in Iraq to their political benefit...
Update: The Gallows Beckon. As was expected, Saddam was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. I can almost hear the hum of the Xeroxes now...
Check out reactions from Josh, Jill, Maha, and Georgia10.
Update II: More from Riverbend, Peter Baker, Christy, and a nice bit of snark from Billmon.
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