July 23, 2003

We Shouldn't Have Killed Them

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) sounds like he prefered that Uday and Qusay Hussein, two of Iraq's chief brutalizers were still alive. Instead of praising the work of U.S. troops on vanquishing those evil men, Rangel mocked them by saying, "I personally don't get any satisfaction that it takes 200,000 troops, 250,000 troops, to knock off two bums." At least he had enough moral sense to call Uday and Qusay "bums."

In Iraq, instead of indignation, there was jubilation.

As word spread of the deaths of the feared and ruthless brothers, celebratory gunfire crackled across night-time Baghdad.

"Rangel: U.S. Acted Illegally in Killing Uday and Qusay" [via Betsy's Page]

"Saddam's Sons Killed in U.S. Raid, Iraqis Rejoice" [via Right We Are!]

UPDATE: It's informative to write an article on how the U.S. has been ignoring the (stupid) ban on political assassination; but George Gedda makes it look like the U.S. were the bad guys here. Remember, we didn't start this war, and I have little sympathy for the deaths of those two tyrants.

"Odai, Qusai Deaths Go Against U.S. Ban" [via Drudge]