Red Ships of Scalla-Festa,
"why did the americans put a 25 million dollar bounty on saddams head NOW instead of BEFORE the war? maybe that would have been enough of a motivation for someone to do it instead of causing the entire army to have to go in?"
There is something your not fundamentally understanding. The Coalition went to war against Saddam's regime, not just Saddam himself. In addition, prior to the war, you could have offered 25 trillion dollars, but no one would have been able to deliver the goods. The reasons the large Security structure that Saddam had developed around him since he had been in power which made revolt and murder from within pratically impossible. I suggest you read "The Threatening Storm" by Kenneth Pollack. Kenneth Pollack accurately explains the 12 different internal security organizations that Saddam had to protect himself. The most extensive in human history for a single person.
Today, Saddams military and the 12 Security organizations that defended him have been destroyed. This now allows the possibility for a 25 million reward in return for Saddam to actually have a chance of working.
Capturing Saddam actually does mean a lot. Saddam controlled the country for 25 years and brutalized and scared the people in such an unbelievable way. Again, read Kenneth Pollacks "The Threatening Storm" for more on that. Many Iraqi people and officials are afraid to speak because they fear Saddam is somehow going to "get them" as he use to always do to those that said the slightest word in opposition to him.
With Saddam captured, Iraqi people would finally be freed of this "fear" whether the "fear" is a real threat or not. It is also possible that Saddam once captured and under interogation would speak. Most people under those conditions eventually do.
"i also recommend that americans please vote their crazy cheif out of office in 2004."
I recommend Europeans learn how accomplish things on the international scene like America has. Bosnia and Kosovo could of been a start in their own backyard, but America had to come in and solve those crises for Europe as well.
"hows the economy doing, there georgy boy? maybe you should pay attention to your shortcomings at home before you try and conquer the world in your image."
Despite the USA's economic problems, the 2002 UN Human Development index on standard of living rated the USA at #6 in the world. Only Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Australia, and Canada were ahead of it. The Netherlands was at #8 behind the USA.