Comments on: Saddam trial Orwell watch

By: Rafe

Rafe — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:16:42 +0000

Isn’t it odd that the same people who repeatedly assert that the increasing violence in Iraq this fall is a result of “terrorists” trying to game the US midterm election completely dismiss the idea that the verdict was timed to help out Republicans on Tuesday? I think that the probability of the latter being true is much higher than the probability of the former being true.

By: Memex 1.1 » Blog Archive » Saddam’s trial

Memex 1.1 » Blog Archive » Saddam’s trial — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:34:56 +0000

[...] From Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard… I don’t think the White House needed any “scheming.” The Iraqi court knows exactly what its “mission” is without being explicitly ordered. Coordination doesn’t require command. [...]

By: “Orwell watch” at SynapseChronicles

“Orwell watch” at SynapseChronicles — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:32:51 +0000

[...] Scott Rosenberg has an interesting take on the Saddam Hussein trial verdict: Saddam trial Orwell watch. [...]

By: jd

jd — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:11:43 +0000

Sad that the punishment metted out is right out of the Saddam playbook.

By: Scott Rosenberg

Scott Rosenberg — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:36:44 +0000

Sure, the trial has had all sorts of problems. (The Bush administration could actually have avoided many of them by letting Saddam be tried at an international court. But we didn’t believe in multilateralism.)

In any case, at a certain point it became clear that a verdict was likely some time this fall. Once that happened, the court could not fail to be aware of the U.S. electoral calendar — since the court would not even exist without the intervention and continued presence of US troops. It is hardly tin-foil-based to observe the precision with which the verdict was timed for maximum impact in the U.S.

By: James Robertson

James Robertson — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 21:15:42 +0000

Wearing your tinfoil hat to keep the Rovian mind control rays out?

This trial has seen a series of delays and grandstanding for eons now. Had you paid even the least bit of attention to any of that, you might come to non-tinfoil based conclusions.

Here’s a tip: It’s not all about Bush, the elections, and Republicans. Take a deep breath, and get a life.

By: libhomo

libhomo — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:55:19 +0000

Another interesting aspect of this show-trial is that Saddam’s worst crimes, involving chemical and biological weapons provided to him by Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and the rest of the Reagan Administration were not in the charges against the former dictator.

By: Anthony Bullock

Anthony Bullock — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:53:16 +0000

When informed about the 9/11 attacks, Saddam said “A great day”. This was his only crime.

By: Scripting News for 11/5/2006 « Scripting News Annex

Scripting News for 11/5/2006 « Scripting News Annex — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 18:55:25 +0000

[...] Scott Rosenberg: “The fact that Saddam Hussein’s verdict has emerged immediately preceding U.S. elections can be safely ascribed to Bush’s desperate need to show some results from the Iraq fiasco.” [...]