I don't know if, at the end of the day, how brave Saddam Hussein would be if he were stripped of his bodyguards and everything else.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If Saddam were to be replaced tomorrow he would probably be replaced with someone who's just as bad or worse than he is.
I do not care how brave a president is; I do not care how many medals he may wear. I do not care how well trained his guards may be. If he violates the will of the people, he shall be eliminated.
Unquestionably, the world is better off without Saddam.
I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.
Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator.
Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not the measure I use when deciding whether to send our men and women in uniform off to war and possible death.
That man is not truly brave who is afraid either to seem or to be, when it suits him, a coward.
I think one can easily make a case for taking out Saddam Hussein. In fact, one could probably be made on humanitarian grounds alone. But just as there's a downside risk to doing nothing about this man, there is a very serious downside risk to invading the country.
The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.
Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.