Recently, our thug in chief, George W. Bush gave the greenlight to the CIA to capture or assassinate Saddam Hussein. Most likely, he will be assassinated. As pointed out by Al Martin, former CIA insider, the Bushes need to liquidate Hussein rather than capture him as he knows too much for someone who isn’t cooperative:
- “He couldn’t be captured even though he was under indictment in the United States for a variety of charges and also under indictment in the World Court. But the United States couldn’t afford to have Saddam a prisoner and thus be able to talk about his relationship with the Reagan-Bush Regime.”
With the ‘War Against Terror’ Saddam Hussein has outlived his usefulness as the resident Mideast bogeyman. The US is now firmly entrenched in the Mideast and, more importantly, in Central Asia. They now have the justification of fighting terrorism. With that they can go wherever they like and no one will say anything about it out for fear of being labeled as supporting terrorists or as a rogue state.
Regarding the Middle East, the US military wanted to get bases in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. It wasn’t Desert Storm that made it possible to do so. The only reason that was possible was leaving Saddam Hussein in power. It gave the US the ability to build military bases on Saudi and Kuwaiti territory. Saddam was kept in power because of the larger US geo-economic and geo-military interests.
In order to exercise those interests, the United States had to have the ability to base ground troops in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, or the Arab Emirates. They had to have a rationale. This would also de-emphasize Israel, which is what the Republicans have wanted to do. The Republicans pay lip service to Israel only because of the American Jewish vote.
Due to the upcoming Gulf War 2 led by Bush Jr. and crew, Hussein might be planning on passing the reins of leadership to his son Qusai. This would make it harder for the US to create the necessary fervor to carry out the bombing of Iraq. From Stratfor.com:
By removing himself from the top leadership position, Saddam could make it more difficult for the United States to gain diplomatic support from European allies for an assault on Baghdad. And even if he were no longer president, the Iraqi strongman could still exert enough influence over his son to maintain control over the country. Finally, it would give Qusai the chance to weather Washington’s hostility, which if handled successfully could ensure the future of Saddam’s regime.
With the events of Sept. 11 now shaping U.S. policy in the Middle East, the impetus to oust Saddam and replace him with a U.S.-friendly regime in the oil-rich Persian Gulf country has grown stronger. Each day the Bush administration appears to be laying the foundations for Saddam’s removal.
Is it a little too convenient that Qusai was recently the target of an assassination attempt? This has obvious CIA fingerprints all over it. It was most likely carried out by the CIA or by one of their domestic Iraqi proxies, a terrorist cell on the payroll of the US government. The US would love to negate any attempt by Hussein to defuse the situation.
The real question is which family is more vile and disgusting, the Bushes or the Husseins? They deserve one another.