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HE'S DEAD

December 31st 2006 14:36
HE'S DEAD
Last night, Dec. 29th, 2006, Saddam Hussein was hanged and sent to meet his maker. He tried to make himself out as a martyr. I question this. He seemed to have no feelings for his sons when they met their deaths. He was found hiding like the coward that he was in a ‘spider-hole' some 3 years ago. He, like all killers, suddenly ‘found Jesus' and asked that all Iraqis forgive the US for those ‘trespassing against those who trespass against us'. Who was he trying to kid?
He was right up there with Hitler and Stalin but at least they had the decency to destroy themselves rather than have the world do it for them. Saddam didn't kill as many people as the former did. But he did kill more people in a more brutal way. Hitler experimented with gassing. Saddam perfected it. Stalin thought sending people to gas chambers was a waste of time. He sent them to gulags instead. He was closer to the truth. He got cheap labour and if you happened to die in the process, so what? There were always more people to arrest to keep up the labour end of the supply and demand chain.

Saddam was despicable, to say the least. And now, thank God and Allah, he's out of our hair. Human rights groups are wringing their hands in false sympathy saying he was tried unfairly and unjustly. I fail to see how this is so. He had the best defensive team on the planet working to keep him from swinging. They lost, plain and simple. And in true Muslim style, he was granted one appeal, which he also lost, and ended up being done away with without all the endless appeals we give our convicts. I think we should take a page from our Muslim brothers on this one and apply it to some of our inmates over here. Rather than feeding, clothing and sheltering them for 20 or more years as they try to convince us of their innocence, they get one appeal, say within a year, and if still found guilty, they hang. I still can't believe that it is cheaper to keep a convict in prison at a cost of $84,000 per year for 20 years than it is to buy $10.00 worth of rope and dispose of him.

The liberal left claims this execution will result in more turmoil in Iraq. As Omar Fadhil in Baghdad confided on his weblog (IraqTheModel.com) on hearing the Iraqi court delivering last weekend's verdict of death by hanging for Saddam Hussein: "I was overwhelmed with joy and relief as I watched the criminals being read their verdicts. For the first time in our region, tyrants are being punished for their crimes through a court of law... "I'm still receiving words of congratulations in emails, phone calls and text messages from friends inside and outside the country. These were our only means to share our happiness because of the curfew that limits our movement... This is a day not only for Iraqis but a historic day for the whole region; today new bases for dealing between rulers and peoples are found."
As Salim Mansur said, "I recently read the words of a Gulf Arab cited by Fouad Ajami in The Foreigner's Gift, a priceless account of Iraq's deliverance into freedom by American and allied soldiers. Following the June 28, 2004 ceremony of handing power to Iraqi representatives by Paul Bremer, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, this Arab wrote: "History will record how a superpower went to free a people only to slip out in grace without fanfare. Only America can do that: put its might and spill the blood of its sons and daughters to save a nation from its own evil, without asking for anything in return."
Interesting to note is that Saddam asked to be shot as if he deserved a soldiers death. His neck was stretched instead, like the criminal he was.
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Comment by Don Lee

December 31st 2006 16:35
Excellent blog! I couldn't have said it better myslef!

Comment by youranter

December 31st 2006 20:13
Thanks Don. I think this is going to be a good New Year. With news like this and supporters like you, I'm looking forward to it. All the best to you in the New Year. Thanks for reading and commenting.

Comment by Joe Blogg

January 2nd 2007 12:01
Like all killers?
I've killed.
But I've never found Jesus.
In fact if I did find Jesus I think I'd probably kill him.
I hate lefties.

Comment by youranter

January 2nd 2007 17:15

Comment by S.L.Bradish

January 2nd 2007 18:27
Little side note... Al Jazeera didn't have any problem broadcasting the beheadings of Americans, I wonder if they'll broadcast the execution of Saddam? The cell phone images weren't very clear and I feel all deprived because we didn't get to see the nasty bugger swing!

Comment by youranter

January 4th 2007 08:01
I'm going to leave the 'nasty bugger' thing to you, SL. We're rid of him. Rejoice in that. And thank George Dubya for making it happen.

Comment by Anonymous

January 5th 2007 17:52
thanks for this good read! I think all of us feel a sense of relief to be rid of at least one mass murderer in the world.

Comment by youranter

January 5th 2007 23:18
From what I saw, they didn't put the noose around him tightly enough. I've read that this prolongs the hanging process as the neck isn't broken quickly. The victim strangles to death rather than being dispatched swiftly. I hope this was the case. He sure didn't show any mercy to his victims.

Comment by Natasha

January 11th 2007 02:16
Very well written! Praise God he isfinally gone and dead! However it really sickens me that people say that he should have had a "less painful" punishment even after what all he did. To me, it doesnt really matter what way he could have/did go out but either way right now he is getting exactly what he deserves.


Comment by youranter

January 11th 2007 10:38
You're right, Natasha. A lot of his kind denied us seeing them to justice (Hitler comes to mind) but either way we're better off without them. It seems just the liberal left thinks Saddam was tried unfairly and hanged too soon. They would rather he had 20 years of appeals. The Iraqis did the right thing and I for one cheer them for it.

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