Cheney has piece of house where Zarqawi died ‘on display.’
By on Jan 28th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Cheney has piece of house where Zarqawi died ‘on display.’
In a cover story on “how Bush decided on the surge,” the Weekly Standard’s Fred Barnes declared that “it’s clear the surge has been a success” and noted that Vice President Dick Cheney has a gruesome souvenir from Iraq:
The week before Camp David, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the al Qaeda leader in Iraq, had been killed. (Cheney has a piece of the house where Zarqawi died on display at his residence.)
President Bush also has a souvenir from the war: a pistol Saddam Hussein was clutching when U.S. soldiers pulled him from his hideout in Dec. 2003.
(HT: FP Passport)
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You know who else kept souvenirs…
January 28th, 2008 at 4:26 pmthese people are insane
January 28th, 2008 at 4:27 pmHmm? I was talking about stamp collectors. Not sure what you are referring to.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:29 pmI sure am glad that thousands of soldiers and Iraqis died and over a trillion dollars have been spent so that these two azzholes could get their souvenirs.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:30 pmgoon golly, are you a nazi?
January 28th, 2008 at 4:30 pmThese two are some seriously sick puppies…..
January 28th, 2008 at 4:30 pmWonder what piece of the house he’s got? Perhaps the toilet? There was probably lots of communications between the US and AQII in that residence (since we’d let him live so that we’d have an enemy to fight in Iraq other than just Iraqis) and he wanted to make sure all of his newpaper scribblings were actually flushed.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:31 pmwhat pathetic impotent men.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:32 pmi want a piece of Bush’s flight suit and one of the secret inter office documents that Cheney stamped after they gone.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:33 pmI’ll bet ol’ Deadeye Dicks favorite souvenir is his endless loop tape of the torture that he condons.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:33 pmgood golly good golly. a bit jumpy aren’t you.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:33 pmI’ve got a souvenir for both of them.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:34 pmIs it legal for them to keep these “souvenirs”? I thought that things like that belonged to the American people.
TP, do you know what the law is regarding their, apparent, personal possession of these items?
January 28th, 2008 at 4:34 pmGee, good_golly, I don’t really see anything in #1 about Nazis. Keep looking, perhaps you’ll get to work that liberal fascism line in somewhere. Just not here and not today. Today, those marching in lockstep with their fearless leader (the Decider, the Commander in Chief, most anything but the President of the USofA) are the GOP. Enjoy. You’re marching off the cliff.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:35 pmwhich zarqawi?, and which time that he was mythically killed? there are 24 choices of the claims of when he was killed. The spokespiehole at his Villa in Eqypt says he is fine and wishes the paparazzi would just leave him alone
January 28th, 2008 at 4:37 pmIs Osama’s dialysis machine on display somewhere? Oh…wait.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:38 pmCheney keeps that next to the mask of Bin Laden he wears whenever he shoots a new video too.
That is kept right next to Lynn “The Boss” Cheney’s strap-on.
I have nothing but contempt for these people.
-GSD
January 28th, 2008 at 4:39 pmWe all knew Cheney is a death fetishist.
-GSD
January 28th, 2008 at 4:40 pmGSD, Lynn must be. I have never seen eyes more dead than Dick’s.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:40 pmHmm — this sounds exactly like what some serial killers do — keep trophies of their “kills” so they can relive the thrills they got from killing.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:42 pmWhat are the odds that Zarqawi’s head is mounted on the wall above the fireplace as well?
January 28th, 2008 at 4:44 pmHelen, Ted Bundy looks like a piker compared to these death cultists.
-GSD
January 28th, 2008 at 4:44 pmThis is the closest herr dubyah ever got to war.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:49 pmSuppose the remnant of the house is sitting on a special shelf, alongside the torture videos from Abu Ghraib and Guatanamo?
January 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pmJeffrey Dahmer kept souveniers too. Damn GG, Adolph must have a very special place in your heart, you see him everywhere.
I don’t think he was that special, but to each his own. I do understand how you make that association in a thread about Cheney though, birds of a feather.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:51 pmCheney spent 1991-2002 telling the American people and the 500,000 U.S. troops (including me) who were in the Gulf War that invading Iraq would have resulted in an unending occupation and deposing Saddam Hussein was worth “not many” additional casualties. So forgive me if I throw up a little in my mouth when I read about that lying draft-dodger’s “war souvenirs”.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:52 pmWho would have though Cheney was also a ghoul?
January 28th, 2008 at 4:52 pmWar souvenirs will never make up for the cowardice of deserter Bush and five deferment Cheney.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:53 pmActually, it is not a war. It’s an illegal war. They are in possession of stolen property.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:54 pmComment by Wayne A. Schneider — January 28, 2008 @ 4:34 pm
I remember right after the war started the military had to confiscate thousands of items that US military personnel were keeping as “souveiners”
I tried to research this, but I can’t find anything on it either. However, I believe you’re right - I don’t think the Pres or Vice Pres have any legal right to steal from the Iraqi people and they surely shouldn’t be setting such a poor example.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:57 pmherr dubyah and dead-eye dick have souvenirs of war that someone else earned. Priceless.
January 28th, 2008 at 5:07 pmJeffrey Dahmer also kept trophies of his victims.
January 28th, 2008 at 5:11 pmCheney has a closet full of Baby skulls.
Goon Goofy has a closet also, guess what kind?
Buck Fush
January 28th, 2008 at 5:20 pmIt’s interesting that you don’t see the difference between Hussein murdering his own people and herr dubyah murdering Iraqis.
January 28th, 2008 at 5:20 pmSoldiers have for millennia kept battlefield souveniers. I gave away the Soviet made SKS I picked up in Nam before I came home, cause it was too wierd bringing it home.
But neither of these assclowns are soldiers, so WTF????
January 28th, 2008 at 5:21 pmWar criminals keep war trophies? Do tell.
January 28th, 2008 at 5:21 pmIIRC, “war trophies” are illegal under the Geneva Conventions.
Cheers,
January 28th, 2008 at 5:22 pmI gave away the Soviet made SKS I picked up in Nam before I came home,
Comment by RUCerious — January 28, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
Damn. The Soviet made versions were so superior to the Chinese made….that would have been a nice souvenir. But, I do understand your reluctance to keep it.
January 28th, 2008 at 5:24 pmJust another sign of their total disdain for the Geneva Conventions.
These guys obviously feel that laws only apply to others.
January 28th, 2008 at 5:29 pmGlad you think grave-robbery is a symbol of victory. It is very telling.
January 28th, 2008 at 5:38 pmThere’s nothing wrong with souvenirs that symbolize victory.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 28, 2008 @ 5:35 pm
You mean we are “victorious” in Iraq? Great! Bring the troops home!
January 28th, 2008 at 5:42 pmEveryone wanted to hold it eh? Did you stroke it too? Did it make your eyes light up and did ya start to drool a little? I wonder how many Americans were killed by that Japanese gun that you held?
January 28th, 2008 at 5:54 pmIsn’t that illegal? I mean, I know from when I was in the service it was illegal to take souvenirs. The souvenirs were confiscated.
Prof.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:18 pmVictorious over Saddam Hussein, and victorious over Zarqawi. And yes, currently victorious in Iraq.
Now we must stay and finish the job.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 28, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
So, since we are victorious in Iraq, we can bring the troops home!
January 28th, 2008 at 6:18 pmVictorious over Saddam Hussein,
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 28, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
Victorious over a man that didn’t and couldn’t attack us? That’s hardly a “victory”. It’s an occupation.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:19 pmBut the fact that the WW2 Vet who loaned it to us for the display personally took it from the dead Japanese soldier guaranteed it would not be used to kill any Americans again.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 28, 2008 @ 6:05 pm
Saddam’s pistol killed Americans?
January 28th, 2008 at 6:20 pmBullshit, Omoron.
What job?
Victorious over whom?
The Sunni? The Shia? Who??
Occupying another country? Turning Iraq into our 51st state?
You’re just pissing on your own leg and calling it rain. The rest of us know better - along with 75% of the American people.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:24 pmHowever, we couldn’t abandon the Iraqis then, and we cannot abandon them now.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 28, 2008 @ 6:22 pm
Abandon the iraqis that are killing our troops and do not want us there?
Since we are “victorious” in Iraq, we can bring the troops home.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:26 pmmost serial killers keep some kind of souvenir so they can relive their “triumphs”
sickies.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:26 pmDunno. You’d have to ask Mary about that. She appears to be the authortay on that subject.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 28, 2008 @ 6:24 pm
It was your pathetic an attempt to compare WWII to herr dubyah’s pathetic facade of a war.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:27 pmWe must stay and finish the job. And we will.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 28, 2008 @ 6:22 pm
THe job was to find WMD. None were found….time to bring the troops home.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:30 pmBigfoot is partly right; souvenirs have been traditional in war. There are specific guidelines in Iraq, however, and it doesn’t sound good for Cheney or Bush.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:32 pmgood golly is our good German
January 28th, 2008 at 6:36 pmcheney is a “troop”?
bite me, ya big righty wusspants.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:36 pmWhy do you hate the troops?
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 28, 2008 @ 6:32 pm
Why is it that these bedwetting freaks are so amazingly adept at projecting about everything, all the time?
January 28th, 2008 at 6:37 pmDamn. The Soviet made versions were so superior to the Chinese made….that would have been a nice souvenir. But, I do understand your reluctance to keep it.
Comment by Dr. Matt
We didn’t collect them strictly as souvenirs…..they were much more reliable than the m-16…..it was life or death.
to foot’s ignorance….most of us broght things home we couldn’t share…..you sir have no idea and cowards like you will not understand so don’t try.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:44 pmYou think Saddam’s pistol or the building blocks passed through Camp Anaconda? If so, you’d better get to writin’ your congresspersons…after all, they’ve been pretty effective at stopping the Bush agenda so far….
BWAAAAHAAAHAAAHAAAAHAAAAHAAHAAAHAAAHAAAHAAAAHAAAAA!
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 28, 2008 @ 6:39 pm
I certainly don’t expect this administration to follow the law, no. It’s nice that you take such joy in this. But you can quit pretending to have any respect for the Constitution, bigfoot.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:47 pmNope, wrong again, Matt. The job was to fight the war on terror.
It’s not over.
We must stay and finish the job.
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 28, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
Please point out the point in 2003 where Bush explained that this was the purpose of invading Iraq.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:48 pmBut the fact that the WW2 Vet who loaned it to us for the display personally took it from the dead Japanese soldier guaranteed it would not be used to kill any Americans again.
Comment by O. Bigfoot
I’ve known a lot of vets……this sound like any of you guys? I’m guessing that if this gun exists at all that it was taken from a dead body long after the real troops had moved on up the hill…
Sorry to bust foots bubble but there’s not a lot of victory dances on the battlefield….its about death and dying.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:52 pmBut you can quit pretending to have any respect for the Constitution, bigfoot.
Comment by gummitch — January 28, 2008 @ 6:47 pm
Funny, I don’t recall this goose stepper ever pretending to have respect for the Constitution.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:52 pmFunny, I don’t recall this goose stepper ever pretending to have respect for the Constitution.
Comment by VerbalKint — January 28, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
During one of his tirades about the US being “a Christian nation” he claimed to have extensive knowledge about the source material for the Constitution, which he thoroughly understood — in direct contrast to anyone else here. Of course, he has yet to offer any evidence at all in support of that original claim (like portions of the Constitution or Bill of Rights spelling out the “Christian nation” argument). Which is probably because there is no such evidence, and abundant evidence to refute it. But still, he’s a expert.
January 28th, 2008 at 6:57 pmhe claimed to have extensive knowledge about the source material for the Constitution
And everyone here knows that he is lying. This is a particularly mean little troll, someone who celebrates the breakdown of the rule of law.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:04 pmI challenge the little prick to show up on November 5th, and shoot his mouth off then.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:06 pmSick warmonger stuff, from the war we lost,but we got their oil, and America got empty gas tanks.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:09 pmIf the surge is so great, than that makes it even more of a shame that Bush campaigned against the surge in 2004 when it was John Kerry’s idea and waited over two years to implement it.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:21 pmJust think of all those lives and billions of dollars that were wasted because Bush wasn’t man enough to admit that John Kerry was right back when it would have made more of a difference.
There is no victory in war…just souvenirs for the survivors.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:27 pm“In only one respect has the surge achieved undeniable success: It has ensured that U.S. troops won’t be coming home anytime soon. This was one of the main points of the exercise in the first place.†(Prof. Andrew Bacevich, Boston University)
January 28th, 2008 at 7:29 pmSorry to bust foots bubble but there’s not a lot of victory dances on the battlefield….its about death and dying.
Comment by Fred — January 28, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
Amen, brother.
January 28th, 2008 at 8:05 pm#74 gummitch:
During one of his [bigfoot’s] tirades about the US being “a Christian nation†he claimed to have extensive knowledge about the source material for the Constitution, which he thoroughly understood — in direct contrast to anyone else here.
Yes. The Holey Babble.
BTW, I got a Robo-Call from Mitt Romney (or someone claiming to be his voice) today, wishing me, and I quote: “Arnold, Happy Channukah!…” (”and please don’t call me Shirley”: my name is “Arne”)
Cheers,
January 28th, 2008 at 8:12 pmGreat evidence of war crimes for The Hauge to ponder!!
January 28th, 2008 at 8:17 pm“Comparing troops who keep war souveniers to serial killers, tombaker? That’s pretty shameful.
Why do you hate the troops?
Comment by O. Bigfoot — January 28, 2008 @ 6:32 pm”
Are you really that stupid? Or are you really that disingenuous? It was Bush and Cheney…not troops by any stretch of the imagination.
January 28th, 2008 at 11:31 pm