so we've killed saddam hussein.
on one hand, im suprised it took this long; yet on the other hand, im shocked as to just how quickly it was implemented after his conviction was upheld. all in all, its another bastard, mass murdering, despot off the books. im not so sure the world is really saddened by his passing. just as much as im not so sure the world was blessed by his presence either. at any level, and at any point in time; a m man is only so evil as the acts we view later. by all accounts, he did some very terrible things. he, as much as anyone like him, deserved to die. men like slobodan milosevic, augusto pinochet, who also died this year. the problem is, the "democratic" process of modern criminal trial were under way for some time with both of those men, but ultimately, was never finished. saddam was thrown around, convicted and killed in a nice neat manner. what bugs me about it, according to the video you can find on the internet [no, i wont link this one], [and yes, while it was staged, i believe it to be legitimately saddam hussein being hung], is the thuggish presence, and the child like glee involved in hanging a man. hanging a president [displaced], hanging the symbol of hates and fears of a nation we twice went to war with. the death does not bother me. but the scene feels like something out of 1922 southern alabama; not letter of the law, with prescribed measure, to condemn a man who brought murder to his own people. i can only imagine what a circus it really was like there. they used some complex which saddam had built to execute people in, for him. with seemingly 20 people in the gallows, multiple camera flashes going off, and people jumping up and down dancing and yelling. it looked like a mob lynching. just without the burning crosses. this is what bugs me. at the haugue we gassed and hung the nazis. in the cold war, we shot them or had them killed before they could be tried. in iraq, we deliver them means, but they choose the end. i cant say this is going to have a positive effect on anything over there. but he is dead. and i cant say the world will miss him.
