Aside from all the run-of-the-mill "surprises" about what has not been found in Iraq, what happened to all those virtually identical Saddams? I thought the place was rotten with them. If they found one, how would they know it wasn't Saddam? If they found one, wouldn't somebody squeal thinking they got the real one?
Or have they secretly rounded them all up and have a building somewhere with 157 identical guys in it. Wouldn't that be weird to guard? Would you say "good morning" to someone when you couldn't be sure that you hadn't said it to the guy already?
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Ken - June 8, 2003 11:37 pm
Corroborating propaganda gets tricky.
Alan - June 9, 2003 12:05 pm
It is only propaganda if these guys never existed.
I recall CNN dissecting the appearence of an earlobe for hours during the early days of the conquest of Iraq to figure out if it was a known double or the real deal.
Was the fact of the doubles state misinformation? From which side?
Ken - June 9, 2003 11:06 pm
Clinton used to have a secret service agent who from the back looked just like him.
I just think the doubles were played up too much and over analyzed, but now that Bush has completed his Iraq regime change the last thing they want is a live Saddam real or double. If he is alive he will be killed because the US would never allow the trial to open up the difficult questions - like was this war legal.