Saddam Hussein was killed in the Iraqi Gallows last night.

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Sorry Bobby, missed your post in the OT forum.

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Posted by Bobby:

no problem oohah, nevertheless, this is one historic event i thought would have many opinions

I don't think its significant in a positive way? He should have been executed months ago. The modernization of Iraq and empowerment of the moderates was put on hold for the mockery of a trial that cost Iraq a ton. They lost about 5+ judges, projectors, lawyers etc go with their bs charade. He should have been shot at sight or the next day. The sectarian violence could've been minimized and the stabilization of that region could have started months ago.

I do think it will be a major turning point in the History of the Middle East. Iraq will become the official battle ground for the powerful Sunni Wahabi from Saudi and UAE and the Shiah dominated Iraq and Iran. This will undoubtedly spill over into Israel and once again threaten world peace. Unless of course everyone recognizes the danger we see honest effort from the world community to stop this.

From the site:

World War 3 Timeline

These are, I believe, the elements of the planned Third World War:

* Prelude - The events leading up to the start of World War Three, including Sept 11, 2001.
* Act 1 - The Middle East. Widespread conflict to bring the entire region into the flames of war, possibly triggered by Iran or militants in Pakistan using North Korean supplied nuclear arms. The first Scene in this Act is the US Invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003.
* Act 2 - Israel at War -- Against her Arab neighbors, possibly Palestine. A Palestinian State will be established, so that all Israelis will be fully separated from Palestinians (listen out for mention of a 7-year treaty to be confirmed by a World Leader - probably Bush), only for Israel to viciously attack Palestine shortly thereafter.
* Act 3 - Far East -- "Hair-raising nuclear confrontation that threatens mankind's existence" - Peter Lemesurier, author of The Armageddon Script, p. 223, written in 1981. Includes China invading Taiwan and a nuclear eruption on the Korean Peninsula.
* Act 4 - Erosion of Confidence in 'The System' so severe citizens will be panicked into giving up liberties and Constitutional form of government. The plan calls for the dissolution of the US Constitution, triggered by a significant enough 'terrorist' attack. The ultimate intent is to introduce a global government and one-world religion.
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Act 5 - The collapse of the US, and other Western economies and morals.
* Act 6 - Significant population reduction using natural and man-made disasters.
* Curtain. Who can tell how this war will end?

Good riddance.

LongIslandKnicksFan, considering it was the Arab states who have "viciously" attacked Israel on several occasions in the past, you got that part of your prediction backwards.

My standard conspiracy response: If things really are that bad then we are all ****ed waaaaaaaay beyond repair. Kill yourself now.

Otherwise pretend you don't believe the conspiracy and just do your best to live your life to the fullest every day.

LongIsland, your post regarding WW3 is interesting. Few things though:

1a) Pakistani Militants don't have the money to deal with a nuke. They don't have the resources to launch a nuke. 1b) Pakistani Militants are controlled by a Pakistani government agency called the ISI who will never authorize the use of nukes. There is one area that is Taliban controlled that is a little scary. Watch out for these tribes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziristan

2a) China does not and most probably will not invade Taiwan. Its too expensive for them and they are currently busy with the profits from their own industrialization. 2b) The nuclear eruption in North Korea will never happen. Last I checked, they failed while testing their long range ICBM. South Korea is enjoying their great economic success and a entertainment renaissance. Have you heard of Korean Dramas? They are probably Korea's greatest export. Also, there is no evidence of S.Korea developing nukes.

3) You forgot to include Russia?!? There is no world war without Russia. Yeah, they are down right now but they are still a major player on the World Scene. And Russia does not want war. You know why? They found a way to tap into their amazingly large oil reservoirs.

The Middle East is the troubling region right now. That conflict will spill over into other parts of the world. As long as China, Russia and the US do their job, WW3 is not happening.

Interesting Read: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-weather29dec29,0,2536448.story

Cool article Silver, the Mongols were much better at conquering nations.

But if you do something like that today, all the human rights NGOs and hypocritical European governments will denounce you like there is no tomorrow.

The reason all conflicts these days never seem to end is because of UN "peacekeeping". Instead of a conflict coming to a logical and definitive conclusion, it is dragged on for years. More people get killed and more people lives are destroyed in the long run, but that is the way of today's humanitarian.

Posted by simrud:

But if you do something like that today, all the human rights NGOs and hypocritical European governments will denounce you like there is no tomorrow.

Very true, but not as much as they did with the torture videos. Hindsight is 20/20 so I hear you but I think once we were in there, we should have gone with the shock, awe and get out of there.