anyone read about saddams yacht? what an outrage....

Joeybagodonuts · 09-05-2003, 06:04 PM

the whole boating community has replied to the bombing of saddams 400 foot yacht with OUTRAGE. the yacht represneted absolutley NO THREAT TO US SECURITY we did it like children out of rage... his yacht was docked in a harbor, were talking about a 400 foot ship worth MILLIONS, lots of millions, now, this could EASILY have been taken as a token of war, sold off and the money either given to the people of iraq that need it (who were supporting now at our expense) or sold off and put into our treasury
blowing up such a magnificent vessel constitues a CRIMNAL ACT OF MILITARY VANDILISM.
heres one of many letters to the boating magazines
it has been said a picture is worth a thousand words.
the pictures of saddams yacht certainley says allot
before it was destroyed it spoke to the gross outrageous excess's to which tyrants go to please themselves , while caring little for many of there "people".
after it was destroyed , it spoke to the outrageous execess'es that rage and hatred can and does unleash in a time of war
soundings is not the place to discuss the pros and cons of the iraq war, but one does have to ask whether ot not it was wiser to destroy the yacht then it would have been to claim it as a war prize , sell it, and out the money into the iraqi treasurey for the benifit of the people.
one can argue that it was the people that paid for the thing in the first place. why not, as i say, sell it and at least give the people their money back. it had no possible military value, thus destroying it served no purpose. what a shame.
written by robert weston of east northport ny
another letter that hit home
the article on the bombing of saddams 394 foot presidential yacht raises some interesting issues and questions.
considering our goverment supported the regime for more then 20 years, our tax dollars helped buy the boat, the we spent millions more to destroy it
is this the way american citizens want their money spent? david winestein mass.
many other letters voiced the same concerns, the ship was built by linnsen a well known yacht builder, were talking about a defenless ship, bombed to a mere hulk of itself, the ****ing engines alone are worth millions, the artwork, the interior, oh my god, the value of this ship, and here we are supporting our militarys actions? this is outrageous, as people wrote it served no benifit to spend million dollar bombs to destroy it.
it was done out of simple childish anger.

Joeybagodonuts · 09-05-2003, 07:48 PM

geez 12 views and not one opinion on this matter? geez cant even get a lively political debate going over the weekend? LOL

SaturnMotors94SL2 · 09-05-2003, 07:56 PM

I think that it was right to destory some **** like that...i mean its just a boat, and its a symbol of his regime, and I cant think of anyone who would actually wanna pay the money to own something he once had. Its like that statue that was standing in Baghdad, we didnt think twice tearing that down, and think of how much it cost to put it there. And do you actually think its right for us to go in and take it, when in reality it isnt ours? It's still Saddam's, so instead of being accused of stealing it, I think it was for the best to just blow it up, despite what the boating community thinks, the world community might think something different if we took it and sold it, and I believe it is more important to keep the world community happy then the boating community.

HardKore · 09-05-2003, 08:18 PM

Werd....but i think there is more to it then just blowing up a boat....there was someone on it, and they were after somebody.....otherwise why wait 4 or 5 months to blow the thing up, when they could have done it in May? It just doesnt add up that they just blow **** up just to do it

Kevin98SL2 · 09-05-2003, 09:57 PM

Actually if i remember correctly, one of his upper regime members was on this boat....along with his Elite Security Force. So Naturally this would be a target , just as Navy ships are targets in a time of war.

Kevin

Joeybagodonuts · 09-05-2003, 10:06 PM

we could have easily overtaken anyone on board. or snipered their ass's the question thats most important is why ruin someone worth millions? the fact that it was saddams wouldnt deter some billionaire from buying it, matter of fact that may have made it more valuable to those who collect war memrobilia. i dont think its just a boating community thing saturnmotors, it just happens that it wound up in boating magazines cause ots boat related, otherwise you dont hear no mention of it.
during war whoever wins, well, wins, so its not a matter of the world community thinking bad about us, if anything, the more you read about it the more people agree it SHOULD have been taken and sold off for the money to be put towards better use, i highly doubt anyone was hiding on it (we only hear what the press WANTS us to hear dont forget...) that would be insantiy, i also question the story about how we bombed his sons, like they would really only have ONE bodyguard and still be in their country? anyone thats THAT important is being housed in a neighboring country, dont forget most of the middle east absolutley loathes the us, many of our enemys would welcome saddam with open arms.
ps kevin, you wish bee yotch, lol, my trains still and always will own choo, lol

Joeybagodonuts · 09-05-2003, 10:07 PM

ps kevin, you coming down for the show? if so you should bring down some of your trains and well run em on my tracks...

freeze12 · 09-06-2003, 05:41 PM

I saw picture's of the Yacht after the U.S. destroyed it & also said to Myself "why?" what a waste of Bomb's & the stupidity on the U.S. as it had no significant importance other than the U.S. flexing it's Muscle's. Another waste of Taxpayer Dollar's! That Yact would have fed a lot of poor Iraqui people. U.S. Military ignorance!

Kevin98SL2 · 09-06-2003, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Joeybagodonuts

ps kevin, you coming down for the show? if so you should bring down some of your trains and well run em on my tracks...

If i had enuff $$$$$ to afford to be able to come down man I'd be there. But unfortunately I do not, so sorry

Kevin

Flick Montana · 09-06-2003, 09:50 PM

We had no real reason to bomb it. The U.S. just likes to blow things up instead of preserve them. A museum would had paid good money for that boat.

You have to understand that we don't want to send in troops where we don't have to. It was probably easier to just bomb it and our government doesn't give a hoot about doing something intelligently when we could just waylay everything in our path.

Oh, and this is my opinion, I'm not saying it's factual. I have to add this disclaimer so I don't get flamed for not following the mainstream.

~Aaron