Bush fast asleep when Saddam's execution happened

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Bush fast asleep when Saddam's execution happened

We went through all of this trouble to go into Iraq, remove Saddam and execute him; yet our own President -- the man responsible for this invasion -- did not even bother to stay awake when the execution took place.

George W. Bush claimed that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was a grave and gathering danger to United States security. We unilaterally went in there and deposed his regime. In 2003, once U.S. soldiers found Saddam Hussein, who was hiding in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit, Bush assured the American people that he would be brought to justice. Almost 3,000 U.S. soldiers and at least 50,000 Iraqi civilians lost their lives, and almost a half-trillion dollars was spent during this conflict.

Yet, while this was so important for us to go to war, remove Saddam and execute him, President Bush was fast asleep when the execution took place:

Bush was informed by national security adviser Stephen Hadley around 6:15 p.m. CST (0015 GMT) that the execution would take place in a few hours and was asleep when it occurred, said White House spokesman Scott Stanzel.

Forget the fact that the Duelfer Report proved Saddam Hussein was a diminishing threat, not a grave and gathering one. Forget that Saddam Hussein did not posses weapons of mass destruction. Forget that the American people were lied to over and over about this war. Still, after all this Iraq hype, shouldn't the man behind the invasion at least garner up the motivation and energy to stay awake past his normal bed time? Since he is in Texas, he would have had to fall asleep before 9 PM CT in order to miss the execution. That means he probably got ready for bed in the 8 PM hour. What President goes to bed that early? Major world events are happening, and our President chooses to sleep. This is like "My Pet Goat" all over again.