I have seen the video on Saddam’s execution...
no special love I have for him, but strangely felt bad...may be because it is tough to see anybody being bumped off like that...one could see the sheer hopelessness in his eyes before his neck broke....or was it because the-one-stubborn-man who thumbed his nose at the self-appointed global top-cop couldn’t hold on much longer…..not sure yet…
while watching, I felt that Saddam surely was thinking of all those people he put to death & of what they felt like seconds before they died... can't really call it remorse but still he surely would have re-visited them mentally & lived their agony for a nano-sec….
I am confused ....I do believe dictators should be dealt with severely so that others get the message loud and clear ...however given the sheer size of war casualties caused by them, (countless examples ranging from Vietnam thro' Iraq..) I wonder what would one call the US president(s)?.... the leaders who are the paragons of democratic virtue within US of A & bloody war-mongers outside?
will these oil-seeking, self-seeking crass creatures getaway with everything they do on the name of global war against terrorism?...the worst they ever seem to face is some blokes pitching tent before their house (White-House) and holding placards.....(they could’ve tried this technique in Iraq…right?....:-)) And yeah what does one say to half the population that seems to actively support their war-crazy President’s misadventures...(of course the rest seem to find the voice of their conscience) – THREE CHEERS FOR CHEAP GAS... perhaps !
ponder this…..Saddam hasn’t been convicted for his wars & war killings against Iran or Kuwait or the Kurdish, he has been convicted of murdering a group of Shiite people supposedly involved in a plan to assassinate him….very intelligent & very convenient….Clearly Bush admin says that it is not wrong to kill people as long as the situation is called WAR…..in effect saying in-spite of all the thousands killed owing to the countless wars, USA is beyond reproach and beyond judgement...
no special love I have for him, but strangely felt bad...may be because it is tough to see anybody being bumped off like that...one could see the sheer hopelessness in his eyes before his neck broke....or was it because the-one-stubborn-man who thumbed his nose at the self-appointed global top-cop couldn’t hold on much longer…..not sure yet…
while watching, I felt that Saddam surely was thinking of all those people he put to death & of what they felt like seconds before they died... can't really call it remorse but still he surely would have re-visited them mentally & lived their agony for a nano-sec….
I am confused ....I do believe dictators should be dealt with severely so that others get the message loud and clear ...however given the sheer size of war casualties caused by them, (countless examples ranging from Vietnam thro' Iraq..) I wonder what would one call the US president(s)?.... the leaders who are the paragons of democratic virtue within US of A & bloody war-mongers outside?
will these oil-seeking, self-seeking crass creatures getaway with everything they do on the name of global war against terrorism?...the worst they ever seem to face is some blokes pitching tent before their house (White-House) and holding placards.....(they could’ve tried this technique in Iraq…right?....:-)) And yeah what does one say to half the population that seems to actively support their war-crazy President’s misadventures...(of course the rest seem to find the voice of their conscience) – THREE CHEERS FOR CHEAP GAS... perhaps !
ponder this…..Saddam hasn’t been convicted for his wars & war killings against Iran or Kuwait or the Kurdish, he has been convicted of murdering a group of Shiite people supposedly involved in a plan to assassinate him….very intelligent & very convenient….Clearly Bush admin says that it is not wrong to kill people as long as the situation is called WAR…..in effect saying in-spite of all the thousands killed owing to the countless wars, USA is beyond reproach and beyond judgement...
oil for thought....
