We've Seen The Reality Of Saddam's Regime: His Thugs Prepared To Kill Their Own People, The Parading Of Prisoners Of War And Now The Release Of Those Pictures Of Executed British Soldiers.
Put Yourself Out On A Limb, Sucka, Like Me! - Young Cassius Clay To Heavily Favored Thug Sonny Liston During The Weigh In Before Cassius Wins His First Title And Changes His Name To Muhammad Ali.
This Was Not An Attack By A Mentally Deranged, Lone-wolf Gunman. This Was Not An 'un-islamic' Attack By A Bunch Of Thugs - The Perpetrators Could Be Heard Shouting That They Were Avenging The Prophet Muhammad. Nor Was It Spontaneous. It Was Planned To Inflict Maximum Damage, During A Staff Meeting, With Automatic Weapons And A Getaway Plan. It Was Designed To Sow Terror, And In That It Has Worked.
I Always Said That If I Could Just Find A Guy Who Could Chop Wood And Had A Nice Smile, It Wouldn't Bother Me If He Was A Thug Or An Aristocrat, As Long As He Was A Good Guy. And I've Ended Up With An Educated Thug.